Ta-daaaa! I have returned from the dead to bring you the next chapter of The Circus Comes to Ouran! Yaay! :the crowd goes wild: I didn't cover everything I wanted to in this chapter, and I don't think it is as funny as some of the previous chapters, but a fair bit happens...

Well, it's two in the morning, and I have to work a double tomorrow. This has not been beta'ed because I'm sleepy and sick and tired of having this freakin' thing sitting on my computer. So if there are mistakes...eh, I'll probably catch them later...

P.S. I have been obsessively listening to "Eye to Eye" from the "A Goofy Movie" soundtrack. I don't know what's wrong with me, but I CAN'T STOP LISTENING TO IT!

I have a really fun surprise for you at the end of the chapter! READ IT!

P.S.S. This chapter is almost 15 pages long! Woo-hoo!

Alright, enjoy your bloody chapter. =P

Disclaimer: HyperFoxChild does not own Ouran High School Host Club or anything else you might recognize here. I just temporarily borrow them for my own insane purposes.

It was a breathtakingly beautiful day, one of those days that overly clichéd authors liked to write about at the beginning of books. Kiki lightly chuckled to herself as the last thought about clichéd authors crossed her mind, while she shifted to a more comfortable position on the tree branch that she was currently lounged across. The hammocks over her head were swaying lazily in the wind, while the tarp above them bathed the branches with a blue tint as the sun shined through it.

'I'm glad we're finally here.' Kiki thought to herself, turning her head to glance at her sister who seemed completely absorbed in her homework. Stretching her arms above her head, she allowed her legs to swing under the branch. The sudden shift of weight pulled her body into an upright position so she could continue to glance about their home with a content sigh. 'Finally, we're free. Free to live our lives.' It all seemed so surreal. Their hectic, unhappy lives back at the circus, the mad dash for freedom, struggling to fit into a rich world, making several (if not unusual) friends, and finding a home. In this moment, everything seemed perfect.

"Hey, Kimi, do you think this is what happiness is like?" With a chuckle, she turned to face her sister, the grin on her face quickly slipping away. The spot where Kimi had been sitting mere moments ago, eagerly cussing out the inventors of school and all others involved, was empty. Her book was even still there, the pages fluttering in the breeze. "Kimi? Where are you?" Listening for a sarcastic retort of any kind, Kiki's mouth tugged into a frown when silence met her ears. Feeling panic slowly building in her chest, she hopped off her branch and landed neatly on the ground in a crouch. "Seriously Kimi, this isn't funny."

"On the contrary…" A voice spoke from just outside the curtain of leaves in front of her. It was a smooth voice, deep and rich, with a lilting grace that some might even call melodious, but Kiki felt as if an entire bucket of ice water had been dumped down her spine. "…I find this whole thing to be quite…amusing." A flash of memories washed over her as the voice spoke, her head spinning with fear while her heart felt as if it was trying to escape through her quivering chest. Was it just her, or did the sky seem to darken? A cold wind whipped through the leaves, piercing through her skin and causing the willow's strands to lift and reveal the shadowy figure of a man on the other side.

"N-no." Stuttering, Kiki slowly backed away until she felt the tree's rough bark against her back. "I-it can't be true. You can't be here." The more she spoke, the louder her voice became until she was yelling at the shadowy figure, her features twisted into a scowl. "You're not supposed to be here! We're free now! You can't find us! You no longer own Kimi and me! We're never going back! Never! You can't make us!" Falling to the ground and clenching her fingers in the dirt, she felt the grass being crushed against her palms while she continued to take deep, shaky breaths, fear twisting in her gut after her little outburst.

'We were…we were supposed to be safe! How could he find us? Why would he still be looking?' Her eyes clenched shut against the onslaught of tears while her thoughts continued to run wild. 'Why can't he leave Kimi and me alone to live our lives?' Taking another shuddering breath, she slowly stood as her eyes locked onto the obscure form standing just outside of her reach. 'Why can't we be free?'

As if reading her racing thoughts, the man chuckled. "My dear, you will never be free of me. No matter where you run, or where you hide, I will always find you." He shrugged, his casual stance almost mocking, but his voice held a much more dangerous undertone. "You two are mine. Nothing will ever change that."

"Where is she?" Kiki growled, eyes narrowing in hatred. The world around her seemed to ripple, the branches of the willow tree they had called home morphing into the dark flowing fabric of a tent. Deep maroon material stretched all around her, reaching so high that it appeared to never end. The brightly colored poles and objects scattered about the ring seemed almost haunting in the darkness, the soft light of the moon from outside doing little to lighten the stage. The man before her also was also changing, grower taller and darker until he towered over her small form. The only distinct feature on his body was the condescending smirk he wore across his face.

"Now, now dear, no need to fret." He purred, taking a few steps back. "Your darling sister is right where she belongs. See?" Pulling aside a curtain that Kiki could have sworn had not been there earlier, he revealed the still form of Kimi, huddled behind the bars of a cage. Kiki almost flew into a rage at the sight of her sister so quiet and subdued…broken.

"Let her out!" Throwing herself at the man, all traces of fear gone, she grabbed a handful of material. "If you don't free her then I'll…I'll…" Her threats faded out as the forgotten fear quickly seeped back into her body.

The man's booming laughter echoed across the deserted stage. "Oh really? What will you do, I wonder? Do you even know what you're up against?" His voice dipped dangerously, even as his form began to twist and bubble. Kiki could only stare on in horror as more shadows from the ground started to rise and hiss and steam as they also began to gradually transform. Slowly, color seeped into the writhing masses. Orange, green, blue, a whole plethora of colors appeared, while twisted limbs sprouted out at odd angles. Multi-painted grins leered at her from underneath heavy amounts of melting make-up…

…All with bright red noses.

"GIANT MUTATED CLOWNS!" Screaming in terror, Kiki shot up with arms flailing before she overbalanced and toppled off the bed in a rather undignified heap. Still half within her dream, she fought against the restricting blankets that she had become hopelessly tangled in, her fear mounting. There were some vague noises going on around her, but all Kiki could hear was the rushing of her heart and that dark laughter from her past.

"Let go of me! Let go! No, no, no…" Tears slipped out from behind clenched eyelids as she fought. Everything seemed to be spinning around; her thoughts were hazy tendrils of smoke she couldn't grasp. For some odd reason, everything seemed to ache and throb. As if the horror of the dream had followed her into the real world and refused to let go of her.

"Kiki! Wake up!" The shout sliced through her ramblings, cutting amongst the confused turmoil of her sleep-addled mind. Trying to focus her incoherent thoughts and examine her surroundings, Kiki let an annoyed moan slip through her lips when everything seemed to refuse to co-operate with each other. Her vision stopped spinning long enough for her to realize that she was in a ridiculously lavish room. But for the life of her, she could not figure out why she was here.

"Wha-what's going on? Why are we inside? Is that a bed? Since when do we sleep in a bed? Kimi what happened, I'm so conf-"Panic began to bubble back up in Kiki's chest until her confused ramblings were suddenly cut short. Reaching from behind her current line of vision, a large hand was gently placed over her eyes and forehead, blocking off her jumbled vision and halting her scattered thoughts.

"Kiki, calm down." Kimi's voice was calm and soothing, acting as a balm to Kiki's frayed nerves. It was too early for this. "Do you remember what happened last night?" The blonde scrunched her face in concentration as best as she could with a hand draped over it. She tried to recall exactly what was going on, but whenever she attempted to retrieve her memories from the previous day all she could pull up were a few fuzzy pictures and some blurred conversations. She slowly shook her head in the negative, the large hand still resting over her forehead and eyes, making it slightly difficult to move. Not that she really wanted to do any moving. Kiki vaguely began to notice that everything seemed to ache. How she missed that earlier she wasn't entirely sure.

The hand finally pulled back and Kiki was barely able to restrain a small groan at the loss of the cool flesh against her skin. Why was everything so warm?

"She has a fever." A deep voice muttered from directly behind her, causing the spacey girl to jump a bit.

Oh, well that would explain a few things.

Slowly turning around, the first thing that Kiki saw was Mori sitting behind her. Giving her eyes a moment to focus at the change in perspective she noticed the rest of the host club behind him, all in pajamas that appeared to be made from pure silk. The Hosts stared at her in wide-eyed amazement, as if they had just witnessed some sort of demonic exorcism. And truth be told, if she looked anywhere near as bad as she felt (and judging by the state of the twisted sheets strewn about her), then it very well may have seemed like that too.

"Are you…okay?" Tamaki finally ventured to ask, scooting a bit closer. "You were screaming pretty loudly." The others winced in agreement.

Flashes of her dream danced within her mind, haunting snippets of fear and terror. Her head seemed to throb in time with the images. Groaning, she cradled the pulsating cranium in her hands. "Had a bad dream…" she muttered, peeking from between her fingers. "Don't feel very good either." She must have looked pretty pitiful, because the next thing she knew, she was wrapped up in the overly dramatic embrace of the one and only host king. Tamaki was cuddling her rather fiercely, vowing to "protect her from the bad dreams" and to "sleep dearest niece, Uncle Tamaki would care for her". It was really quite sweet, if not rather exuberant, Kiki thought to herself, but if Tamaki didn't stop shaking her about so much, he was going to have to protect himself from some projectile vomit soon. Sensing her sister's distress, and tired of Tamaki's dramatics herself, Kimi crawled forward and plopped a hand on the excitable blonde's shoulder.

"Uh…Tamaki?" Kimi ventured, securing his attention. "That's great and all, but if you don't stop jolting Kiki about, she is probably going to puke all over your pretty silk jammies." Panicked, the entire host cub turned towards the quiet girl. Finally noticing the distinct green hue to her face, the boys suddenly teleported to the very edges of the room as far away from the sick girl as possible. Kimi chuckled to herself as she moved to her sick sister's side. "Well now, don't all jump up at once to help." Mori thankfully stepped forward and scooped Kiki up in his arms so he could deposit her in their new bed.

"This sucks." Kiki continued to moan, as she squirmed about, creating a cocoon blanket to disappear within. Kimi hummed in sympathy as she helped her sister get more comfortable while Haruhi and Hunny disappeared to the kitchens to get some hot tea and other things vital when faced with a sickness.

"It must have been all that traipsing about in the rain yesterday." Kimi muttered, clucking to herself as she felt her sister's forehead. "You have always been rather susceptible to illness, and you never did properly dry off last night." Sighing in slight annoyance, she turned to the only people who were still in the room. With Hunny and Haruhi procuring supplies from the kitchen and Tamaki and the twins having just slipped off to do who knows what, the only ones left were Mori and surprisingly, Kyouya. She was going to tell the boys that they could go ahead and leave since she could handle it, but then Kyouya surprised her. Walking forward, he bent down and also tested Kiki's temperature against the back of his hand.

"She seems to be running a decent fever." He mumbled to himself, as he checked the sick girl for other symptoms. "Skin flushed…general weakness…slight confusion and disorientation…complaints of head pain…upset stomach…" Reaching over, he gently pulled back Kiki's eyelid and carefully studied her eye, before an annoyed hand weakly protested at the intrusion and nudged the offending digits from her face. "Eyes are red and watery…" He continued, ignoring a complaining grunt from the mass of shivering blankets.

"Uhh…Kyouya, what are you doing?" Kimi asked, slightly stunned to see Kyouya acting so…not kind per se, but less snarky than usual.

Kyouya only spared her a short glance as he made a few notes in his notebook and then pulled out his phone. "Growing up around several doctors I have managed to pick up a few things." Punching in a few numbers, he held the phone to his ear as it continued to ring. "I also have reason to believe that Ms. Taisho here is suffering from more than a mere cold." Mori grunted in worry for his friend while Kimi felt all the color drain from her face.

Snapping to attention when a voice picked up on the other end of the line, Kyouya turned away from the others in the room and began barking orders. Worried, Kimi brushed some blonde hair away from Kiki's sweaty pale face. Mori left the room for a few minutes before returning with a washcloth and a basin of cool water. Giving the silent boy a grateful nod, Kimi accepted his offering and placed the cool cloth on her sister's forehead.

'Kiki, I love you, but this is a really bad time for you to get sick.' Kimi grimaced as a raspy cough ripped itself from Kiki's throat. Groaning in pain, a feverish green eye blearily looked up at Kimi, almost as if reminding her that this hadn't been Kiki's idea in the slightest. 'Even with the money we've been saving, we just don't have enough for medicine or hospital bills. Besides, we can't leave a hospital record anywhere, in case they use that to track us down. It was hard enough getting into Ouran with a minimum paper trail, not to mention getting a job! I'm not even sure how we are going to pull this one off. Things keep getting more and more complicated.' A snap startled Kimi out of her musings as Kyouya finished his call and shut his phone.

"Doctors should be here soon." He stated, facing them once again. "They will be able to escort Ms. Taisho here to our medical facility.

Kimi winced. That simply was not possible. Gathering her courage, she glanced up at Kyouya. "Um…that's really nice of you Kyouya, but don't worry about it." She ignored his brow rising in silent surprise. "It really does not look too bad."

("Says you." A raspy voice muttered from somewhere within the blanket mass. Kimi glared at it.)

"I'll be sure to keep a cool cloth on her forehead, and as long as I keep her hydrated and well rested, she should be right as rain in about a week or so!" Kimi grinned with an enthusiasm she did not have, but Kyouya did not look impressed.

He leaned forward until he was almost right in Kimi's personal space. "Unless I am mistaken, you do not possess any sort of medical degree, nor have you worked closely with doctors for any number of years. After looking over her symptoms, this looks like it has the potential to be something serious. Have either of you received your flu shots?" Kimi's refusal to meet his gaze was all the answer he needed. "Apparently commoners do not see the common sense in vaccinations."

"Does she have to go to a hospital though?" Running a hand through her bed head in agitation, Kimi began pacing. "Unlike some people, we don't exactly have the sort of money it would take to go to a hospital. Do you know how expensive those are?" She glanced at Kyouya, who couldn't stop his little smirk. "That's right, of course you do. That's why your family is so filthy rich. However could I forget?" A huff, before she continued her rant. "There is no way we could afford anything like that! Not to mention the price of medication! Plus they are going to want paperwork, which I would have no idea where that even is."

"You must have things like birth certificates or shot records though." Kyouya interjected, glancing up from the notes that Kiki just now noticed he had been taking. She wondered if she had let too much slip during her rant. Then she decided to just throw some caution to the wind, it's not like she could hide everything from the Shadow King anyway.

"Kyouya, think logically here for a second. Up until last night Kiki and I were living in a tree in a park. You think I carry all my necessary paperwork around in my back pocket? Of course not, I don't even know if we have ever even stepped foot in a hospital before in our life." Apparently the thought of never going to a hospital before was a new one for the Ootori. Kimi would have laughed at the puzzled look on his face if she hadn't been so concerned about their current predicament. Still fretting, Kimi changed the cloth on Kiki's forehead, frowning at how warm it had become. Kiki had fallen back to sleep several minutes ago, but her face still showed some of the unease she portrayed earlier. Sitting in silence for a few moments, Kimi seemed to forget about her audience as she continued to stroke her sister's blonde, messy curls. "What are we going to do? We just don't have the resources to take care of this. And a hospital is out of the question. I suppose I could work double hours at the book store, but what about school?" She nearly jumped out of her skin when Mori sat beside her and ruffled her own hair. Blushing, she realized she had gotten so wrapped up in her thoughts that she really had forgotten the other two in the room. "Sorry Mori, I got distracted there for a minute."

"We can help." Kimi's head whipped around after she realized what Mori had said.

"Mori! We…we can't ask you to do that! We're already staying at your place and I don't even know how we are going to pay you back for that! That is just asking way too much from you guys!" Mori simply looked at Kimi, before smiling and patting her head again. At this point, Kyouya interjected.

"Perhaps we can work something out…"

-Meanwhile-

"I think we're lost…" Tamaki and the twins were currently standing in one of the many hallways within Mori's family mansion. They had been planning on finding something to hopefully help Kiki feel better. But with so many twists and turns and no guide, they soon became completely turned around. Not that Hikaru and Kaoru minded, it just made the simple trip turn into an exploration of the deep unknown.

"Who knows what kind of things Mori's family has stashed away!" Hikaru cheered, ducking his head in one of the several doorways lining the hall they found themselves in. "Maybe we'll find ancient treasure from their samurai ancestors!"

"But…but…what about Kiki-kun?" Looking around the vast hallway, Tamaki tagged along behind the excited twins, a small frown marring his features.

The twins paused in their current rummaging through a room that seemed to be dedicated strictly to pillows (they mentally made a note of the room's location for future reference) and turned with a sly grin to Tamaki.

"Of course we didn't forget about Kiki-kun!" Hikaru chirped, draping an arm over the host king's shoulders. "We're still looking for something to make her feel better!"

"Exactly!" Kaoru chimed in, mimicking his brother's position. "We're just looking for something more…interesting! I mean really, who wants a boring old…what were we looking for again?"

The three teens glanced at the other, quickly realizing that none of them even knew what they were out looking for. Tamaki withered in horror as he retreated to a corner of woe, whimpering over his thoughtlessness. The twins merely shrugged.

"See milord? This just means that we should find something really awesome for Kiki-kun!" Dragging a reluctant Tamaki behind them, the twins continued opening and closing doors in rapid succession.

It was thirty minutes later when the boys slammed open yet another door in the seemingly endless mansion. Expecting one more spare bedroom or dojo (so far they had counted eight full sized dojos just on this floor alone) they couldn't stop their gasp of amazement as their eyes settled on the interior of the room.

Swords, suits of armor, bow and arrows, nun-chucks…weapons and various styles of armor filled the room seemingly from top to bottom. A true warrior's room.

Or a testosterone filled paradise for teenage boys.

Releasing an extremely girly squeal that they would later deny ever happening, Hikaru and Kaoru dashed into the room, a stream of deranged cackling lingering behind them. Taking a moment to warily look at the gleeful twins as they immediately started rifling through the various swords mounted on the wall, Tamaki also grinned and ran straight to the rows of armor lined against the opposite side of the room.

Any thoughts of their sick friend seemed to disappear at the sight of all the shiny, pointy objects.

The bed beneath her creaked as Kimi sat, poised and tense next to her slumbering sister. Running a hand through her own tangled hair, she glanced at first Kyouya, then Mori, before her gaze paused on Kiki. Moaning in her sleep, Kiki started coughing before turning on her side and burying her face against Kimi's thigh.

'You knucklehead.' Kimi thought, re-applying the cold cloth to Kiki's damp forehead. 'The things I do for you.'

"Fine." She sighed, turning to face the Shadow King in all his glory. His genial smile and calm manner didn't fool her in the slightest. Even with that grin, she felt like a cornered animal. She took a deep breath. "Kiki and I are…in your debt." Kyouya's grin morphed into a more sinister smirk.

(Haruhi paused, feeling a sudden chill travel down her spine. What in the world was that?)

Tapping a few keys on his phone, Kyouya cradled the sleek instrument to his ear and waited for someone on the other end to answer. Kimi fidgeted for a moment on the bed, uneasy with the sudden quiet in the room.

"So…Kyouya? What do Kiki and I owe you?" she finally questioned, obviously nervous to hear the answer. Kyouya paused in his perusal of the various books scattered on the nearby bookshelf as he waited for someone to pick up on the other line. Turning to face Kimi, he transferred the phone to his other ear before answering.

"Don't concern yourself over it for now. I will let you know when the appropriate time comes. All you need to worry about is when the moment does come; you must pay with no hesitation or questions."

Kimi gulped, feeling a bead of sweat trickle down her face. That wasn't comforting in the slightest. At that moment, someone seemed to finally pick up on the other end of Kyouya's call, and he once again turned around to have some semblance of privacy while he spoke. A low groan from the bed alerted Kimi that Kiki was finally starting to wake up again.

"Hey there, how are you feeling?" Kimi muttered, removing the washcloth and running a hand through Kiki's curls. Kiki whimpered a bit, trying to open her eyes, even as they protested against the brightness of the room. Finally succeeding, bleary green eyes glanced about the area, before resting on Kimi's worried face. Kiki's own face cracked into an ear-splitting yawn as she cuddled up with her sister's leg. Laughing to herself, Kimi glanced at the nuzzling girl. Kiki was always more snuggly when she was sick.

"Whaz goin' on?" Kiki groggily murmured as she nuzzled Kimi's pajama pants, the question coming out in a slurred and distorted voice. Kimi resumed petting the blonde curls at her side.

"Well…don't be upset, but I think I just sold our souls to Kyouya." Fevered eyes snapped up to Kimi's face in horror.

"W-why would you do something like that? I-I thought you loved me!" Tears slowly started to build in the feverish girl's eyes. With a sigh, Kimi quickly glanced at the other two in the room to see if they were listening in on their conversation, before leaning down and whispering in Kiki's ear.

"They were going to take you to a hospital. We can't risk it. I'm amazed we haven't been found yet, and that would just be pushing our luck to the breaking point. I HAD to Kiki. Better to be in the debt of Kyouya, than back in that hell hole."

Studying her sister's solemn sapphire eyes, Kiki glanced to Kyouya talking on his phone and then back to Kimi.

"But…Kyouya?" she whimpered back, shooting the boy more nervous looks. Kimi rolled her eyes.

"Yes. I know we may joke about it, but you do know that Kyouya isn't really the Overlord of Darkness, right?" The blonde's pause was a little too long. "Kiki…"

With a sigh, Kiki finally looked up, her face extremely serious for once. "This is all getting so complicated sis…"

Eyes softening, Kimi leaned forward to kiss Kiki's forehead. "I know. But I will always protect you, no matter what. Because that is what big sisters do." Kiki pouted.

"Technically, you don't even know if you are the oldest." She childishly stuck her tongue out, grinning when her sister began laughing. Mori glanced over at the sound, having been preoccupied with his thoughts. He watched Kimi smirk back at her sister, before swooping in and giving her a (gentle) noogie.

"Ack! Hey! Sick person over here! I should have noogie-free privileges!" her laughter soon turned into a series of coughs which seemed to reverberate all the way into her lungs. Kimi immediately stopped torturing her poor sister and ran to grab a glass of water out of the connected bathroom. Waiting until Kiki drained the glass; she proceeded to tuck her back into bed.

"…expect to see you here soon." Kyouya quickly disconnected the call. "I just called the family doctor. He will be here momentarily to look over Kiki. He has also agreed to be discreet about his visit." Kimi sighed in relief.

"Thank you Kyouya. You really have no idea how much we appreciate it."

"Of course, I expect you to remember your half of the deal." Kyouya reminded her, settling himself down in a nearby chair. "I didn't do this out of charity."

"Yeah, yeah, I know." Kimi grumbled, looking slightly worried at what the Shadow King could want. Suddenly, the covers that Kiki had been tucked under were viscously kicked off as the bed-ridden girl threw herself into an upward position. The serious look on her face quickly morphed into pain as she realized that she had gotten up way too fast, and was forced to cradle her throbbing head in her arms as she waited for the persistent pounding to subside. Everyone exchanged curious glances as the girl continued to rock back and forth, cursing everything under the sun. After a solid minute or two, Kiki sheepishly peeked out from her arms.

"Anyway…" she cleared her throat. "You aren't going to make us work in the Host Club to pay off our debt like Haruhi-san, are you?" Kyouya shook his head in the negative.

"No. Haruhi's situation is…unique. I do not believe your involvement with the club would bring in enough revenue to make the whole process worthwhile." The twins simultaneously sighed in relief, even though Kimi briefly wondered if she was supposed to take offense at that statement. "Besides, with your part-time job, I doubt either of you would even have enough time to devote to the club. Just trust me, I will inform you of your payment when the time comes." The twins nodded in agreement, still not fully comfortable with the idea.

"Hold on a minute…"Kiki muttered, craning her head to look around the room again. "Where is everyo-"

"WE HAVE RETURNED FAIR MAIDEN!" The doors to the room slammed open, startling everyone inside. Three large figures slowly strutted in the room using rather jerky movements, before they came to a rest by Kiki's bed side. Kimi and Kiki immediately burst into peals of laughter (this caused Kiki to also have several coughing fits, but she just couldn't stop), their joyful glee seeming to reverberate in the room, Mori quirked an eyebrow, while Kyouya just moaned.

"Tamaki, Hikaru, and Kaoru…do I even want to know?" an exasperated Kyouya asked, trying to massage back the headache that was threatening to break free.

"In order to bring joy into our young commoner friend's heart and inspire her body to get better, we decided to show her what real knights-in-shining-armor looked like, as is our duty as hosts!" ("That doesn't even make sense." Kyouya angrily muttered.) After his speech, Tamaki struck a pose, fully outfitted in some medieval armor he had found. He was obviously too small to properly fit, and his helmet kept leaning to one side while the decorative plume on top was constantly flipping over and hanging in front of the eye slots. But the boy still looked pleased as could be.

"Or a samurai!" Kaoru added, trying not to trip over his greatly weighted feet. The armor was obviously heavier than he had been expecting, since he couldn't even lift his arms fully up, but he seemed excited nonetheless.

Hikaru also struck a pose, the metal helmet he wore almost rolling off his head. "Or maybe a…a…I'm not even sure what I am, but it's wicked!"

The girl's laughter was finally dying down, but it was only through an extreme amount of effort on their part.

"Ah, boys and their war toys." Kimi snorted, finally calm enough to speak.

"Where did you even FIND those?" Kiki asked, after downing the glass of water Mori was kind enough to bring her. Hikaru shrugged.

"We were looking for the…uh…bathroom…but when we opened the door, it was full of all this awesome stuff!" With a war cry, he attempted a battle stance, but only succeeded in almost stabbing himself in the face with a random spike on the suit's arm.

Kimi glanced over at Mori. "Um…none of those are priceless antiques are they?" The troublemakers froze, the thought obviously never having crossed their minds. Mori glanced at the three suits. Tamaki and the Hitachiin twins tensed further when he didn't say anything for several long moments. Finally, after what felt like an eternity, he shook his head 'no'. The boys simultaneously relaxed, Tamaki actually falling to the ground in relief. As calm as Mori seems, no one wanted to see what an angry Kendo champion could do.

"So…" Kiki awkwardly coughed, while Mori helped the boys out of the heavy armor. "There are some of our missing comrades, but where are the other two?" Before anyone could say anything, the bedroom door was once again thrown open, revealing a black blur that raced to Mori's side.

"Brother!"

Kimi discreetly glanced at Kiki, whose cat-like grin stretched wide across her face. "How do you DO that?" she asked the blonde, whose grin seemed to somehow stretch even further.

"I told you…" Kiki whispered back, looking much too smug. "It's how the universe works! You just give it an opening it can't refuse, and BAM, perfectly timed intervention! It has yet to fail me."

Kimi incredulously stared back at her sister. "I am so glad we are on the same side. You have all the makings of an evil tyrant." She finally stated, still ignoring the commotion going on behind her. Apparently the twins were trying to wrestle information out of the young Mori-look-alike. It seemed that they were losing rather spectacularly too.

The sick girl huffed. "I prefer overly-enthusiastic-young-ruler-with-debatable-morals, thank you very much." Their rather inclusive conversation was cut short when Haruhi walked up to the bed and placed a tray on Kiki's lap. Giving their fellow commoner a questionable look, Kiki reached over and pulled the silver cover off. Underneath was a bowl of what looked like chicken noodle soup with a couple pieces of toast to the side. A cup of hot tea and a glass of orange juice were placed above the bowl. Kiki warily looked at the food, not quite sure if she would be able to keep any of it down. Haruhi seemed to know exactly what she was thinking.

"When you're sick you need to try and give your body some nourishment." Haruhi stated, ignoring Tamaki's squeals behind her as he went on about 'his darling child's thoughtfulness'. "Try to eat some. If you don't think you can manage it then at least drink some orange juice." Kiki nodded, but was still uneasy as she spooned up some soup and slowly began eating.

"It's rather good." She finally stated, still eating little by little in case her stomach suddenly decided it was against the sudden intrusion of solid food. Haruhi smiled, glad to have helped out. Kimi watched her sister eat before turning to face Haruhi.

"Thanks. Is that where you were this entire time?"

Haruhi nodded. "I figured some soup might help settle her stomach, so Hunny and I went looking for the kitchen. Unfortunately, we got lost along the way, since Hunny got a bit turned around at one point. Luckily for us, we ran into Satoshi-kun here-he is Mori's younger brother" she explained, seeing the perplexed look on the girl's faces. "-and he was able to show us where the kitchen was located. He insisted on making the tea for you." At this point, Haruhi looked slightly worried. "It's…rather potent, so I don't recommend you try it. I'm pretty sure your stomach couldn't handle it right now." The girls nodded.

Satoshi suddenly popped up right by the bed, startling the twin's and causing Kiki to almost spill her tray. "Who're you?" he questioned, glancing back and forth between Kiki and Kimi. "And why are you in guest room #37?"

Kimi and Haruhi groaned. "I'm not even going to ask why you have thirty seven guest rooms." Kimi muttered under her breath while Haruhi nodded in agreement. "Didn't Mori tell you guys about us?" Satoshi gave Kimi a blank look. "Apparently not, well my name is Kimi Taisho and this is my twin sister, Kiki Taisho." Kiki gave a halfhearted wave as she stared at the half-empty bowl of soup. She seemed to be contemplating if she could handle anymore or not. "It's well…it's kind of a long story…"

Satoshi visible perked up. "Are you guys on the run and big brother is helping you hide from the evil organization who is after you?" Kiki nearly knocked her tray over as she started coughing, Satoshi's too-close-for-comfort statement causing her to almost choke.

"W-what? That's ridiculous." Large sweat drops were running down Kimi's face as she tried to stay calm. Satoshi tilted his head to the side in confusion, before climbing on the foot of the bed and making himself more comfortable. There was a loud 'thud' from across the room and suddenly Tamaki bounded over, having finally been freed from his medieval armor.

"These poor princesses are just being modest!" He cried, managing to twirl in place without falling, which Kiki secretly gave him props for. That was harder than it looked. "These two lovely ladies attend Ouran High School with the rest of our prestigious student body. But surrounded by such wealth and wonder, they hid a deep secret. They must have felt ashamed, inferior, and lost among our walls, but did they mutter about their misfortune? Did they complain of their struggle to just get through each day? Not a single word!"

Kimi gave Kiki a pointed look. "I told you Tamaki would love our 'tragic life'." She whispered, careful that they others didn't hear. Kiki shrugged as she glanced down at Satoshi, who watched with rapt fascination, probably waiting for when his brother would appear in the story to save the day.

"…struggling to find food day by day! Yet they told no one! Finally, the host club decided that as the host club, nay, as gentleman! We must make sure our lovely flowers were being well-cared for in this new school environment…"

Kiki groaned as she slowly sipped the orange juice under Haruhi's watchful gaze. Tamaki was getting awfully worked up in his little tale. She wondered if she should take over from here because knowing him, Kimi and her would end up shining shoes for their evil gang boss who threatened to kill Patches if they ever attempted to escape. A wave of nausea suddenly washed over her, causing her to freeze mid-sip. Lowering her glass and taking slow deep breaths, she was able to fight off the unwelcome and gut-wrenching feeling. Eh, might as well let the excited boy continue, Kiki was afraid if she started talking now she might see those few meager spoonfuls of soup again.

"…and to our horror, we discovered that our poor princesses were not only slaving away at a job for whatever meager funds they could receive, but they were…were…HOMELESS!" The usual over-dramatic boys in the group gasped, as if this was the first that they were hearing of it. Satoshi looked so stunned that Kimi wondered if his soul just flew off. Tamaki nodded in agreement with their dismay. "Precisely how I felt. Our fair maidens were living in a tree! A tree!"

Hikaru and Kaoru started giggling, muttering something that suspiciously sounded like 'monkeys'. Kiki laughed to herself when Kimi darkly glared at the boys, which caused them to immediately freeze in fear. This glare was packed with so much evil that she could have sworn she saw waves of darkness drifting from behind Kimi and slowly reaching out for the boys. Kiki remembered way back when, when a little Kimi used to stand in front of the mirror and practice her glares. Looks like practice really did pay off. Kiki wondered if she should get her sister a 'Congratulations on having the scariest glare face in town' present. The blonde girl paused in mid-thought. Wow, fevered thoughts much? When was that doctor going to get here?

"…Well, we certainly couldn't allow our darling nieces to live in such appalling conditions!" With an exasperated sigh, Kiki noted that Tamaki was still talking; thriving on the (mostly) undivided attention he was receiving. "I gladly opened up my home for our lovely maidens, but it was eventually decided that Mori-sempai's house would be the safest place for our darling girls. So we bundled them up last night and brought them here, to enjoy the simple comforts that no one should be forced to go without!" Tamaki ended this statement by practically glomping Kiki and nuzzling her head in that 'poor-pitiful-commoner-who-doesn't-know-any-better' way of his. "And now little Kiki-chan is sick!" Tamaki immediately jumped away when said sick girl started to groan in pain.

"You can always count on my big brother!" Satoshi crowed, leaping off the bed to hug Mori. Mori stared at his excitable sibling, before grunting and patting the youngster's head.

"Hold everything!" Kimi cried, arms above her head for extra emphasis. "While Kiki and I do greatly appreciate the hospitality and everything-(even if we were doing just fine on our own)- we're not just a couple of puppies you can pick up off the street and hide in your closet so your parents don't know about them!" She turned to Mori, who still had a grinning Satoshi hanging off his neck. "Have you even told your parents about us being here? I mean, thanks for letting us stay the night and all, but I'm not one hundred percent sure your family wants two random girls they don't know from Eve just chilling at your house."

"Even if it is big enough for them to never know we were here." Kiki piped up, having finally been able to stop the urge to puke after Tamaki's nuzzle fest. She was quickly silenced by a glare from Kimi.

Everyone was silent for the moment, watching Mori's ever impassive face as he seemed to think. Finally, he nodded.

"They won't mind." Kimi groaned, were all filthy-rich kids this stubborn?

"You don't know that!" She emphasized, arms waving about as she began to pace the floor. Haruhi cocked her head as she watched her walk around. It wasn't extremely obvious at first, but Kimi wasn't looking so great herself. There were bags under her eyes from worry and lack of sleep, and now her sister was sick. The poor girl looked stressed and exhausted.

"Why are you so against this?" Hikaru drawled. "You two go from living out on the streets to sleeping in a king-sized bed inside a giant mansion. Don't most commoners dream about something like that happening? All you've been doing is complaining the entire time. It's beginning to get annoying." Shrugging, he pulled out a Gameboy and flicked the handheld device on.

"Excuse me?" Kimi snapped, glaring at the boy.

Hikaru gave a long-suffering sigh, as if he was arguing with a small child. "This whole thing is starting to become boring." He mused, pressing a few random buttons. "Not fun at all…"

"Hikaru!" Tamaki wailed, dashing over and whacking the scornful teen upside the head. "Why would you say that? Don't be so mean!" Hikaru ignored the rambling king, his eyes fixed on the flashing screen.

Kimi growled as she marched over to stand in front of Hikaru. Kiki groaned.

"Kimi, I really don't think that's a good ide-"

"Well maybe we didn't grow up having everything handed to us on a silver platter!" The dark haired teen snarled, swiping the Gameboy out of his hands.

"Kimi-" Kiki tried to interject again, but was ignored.

"Maybe…just maybe…we've been on our own for our entire life! We've had to work hard for every little thing we have ever gotten! The two of us-"she gestured to herself and Kiki, who looked like she was trying to disappear within her bed sheets. "-have earned everything ourselves!" Tamaki and the others were gaping at the scene, too dumbfounded to say anything. Hikaru stared at Kimi with wide eyes, not even trying to snap back at the obviously frustrated girl, even after she threw his Gameboy at his chest. "This is all just some sort of game to you all! Aww, look at these pitiful common folk! They have to scrimp and save every day just to get by! How cute!" Growing more agitated, Kimi paced around the room, angry tears slowly gathering in her eyes. "You know what might be fun? Let's take them in like the little lost animals they are and take care of them, since they obviously are just begging for our almighty help! At least until it becomes boring, and then we'll just kick them back out!" She was all but screaming at this point.

"Sis, I really think you should-"

Kimi was not to be deterred. "Well, for your information, I am proud of what Kiki and I have been able to accomplish with our lot in life! We had nothing. Nothing! But we worked our little butts off and managed to make it into one of the most prestigious schools in Japan! While balancing a job! No matter what anyone says, we are going to make something of ourselves! No one was there when we needed them growing up, but we made it through just fine. And we'll be just fine now!"

"KIMI!" Kiki screamed, finally gaining her sister's attention.

"WHAT?" Whipping around to face her, it was obvious that Kimi was not as 'fine' as she claimed to be. Hands lightly shaking, she furiously sniffled as she valiantly tried to keep the tears that were building from falling. The stress of everything seemed to be slowly crashing down around her.

"I really think you should stop." Kiki muttered, sheepishly playing with the blanket draped across her legs, wincing as she fought back a stubborn ache in her head.

Gritting her teeth, Kimi felt the blush rise up her neck and blossom across her whole face. Running a sleeve over her eyes in a vain attempt to dry up her tears and doing a fantastic job of ignoring everyone's stares around her, she turned for the door and threw it open…

…And ran headfirst into someone.

And you get two surprises today!

#1. Kyouya's debt that the girls owe? It's a contest! I'm leaving the decision up to YOU! MY LOVELY READERS! What does Kyouya want from our poor twins? Leave your answer in a review! Just remember, I've already mentioned that the girls will NOT join the Host Club as hosts! And nothing perverted, please. I will listen to all answers, but will pick the one that I think will best go with the story. Of course, if I get lots of fun suggestions, we might see them again in little one-shots! :wink:

#2. Can't get enough of the twins? Wish you could hear of more of their antics more often? Want to ask them how annoying Tamaki is in person?

Well...

YOU CAN!

How you may ask?

...

:grin:

Well, Kimi and Kiki now...

:dramatic pause:

...HAVE THEIR OWN TWITTER PAGE! =D

That's right! Just follow them Circus_Twins! It's still brand-new (I created it awhile ago, but wasn't really planning on using until after I posted this chapter) but if everyone seems to like it, I'll keep it up and running. (FYI- KK-stands for when Kiki is speaking, KM-stands for when Kimi is talking, and anything surrounded by ((...)) is straight from me!). I'll be able to keep you all posted on chapter progress, random fun, and you can all yell at me for taking to long (nicely I hope, I'm not afraid to block flaming a-holes).

Isn't that exciting!

Review please!

...Crap! There are a bunch of divider lines down here and I don't know how to make the go away! T-T I'm going to bed...