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"Hello!" She shouted cheerfully into the large room. Hani smiled and waved, Mori nodded his head in greeting, the twins wore a matching grin with a "Hey Maya", Tamaki waving enthusiastically and Kyouya directed a smile towards her.

She bowed and scratched the back of her neck, "I'm very sorry, but I can't attend the Host Club today." Everybody froze and turned towards her.

Tamaki screamed "WHY?!"

The twins grabbed her and tugged each of her arms "Yeah, why?"

Maya glared at the blonde coldly, "Because I don't like Tamaki anymore."

Tamaki's face contorted in horror and then he went to his little depressed corner.

Maya laughed and went towards him. "I was just kidding. You'll always be my number one!"

Tamaki recovered in about 2 seconds max. He got up and flipped his hair "Of course."

"I was lying." Back into the corner he went.

"Well, the truth is, my brother is visiting. So I have to go pick him up from the airport and show him around."

"You have a brother?" Kyouya asked, now realizing that none of them actually knew all that much about the girl. She nodded with a bright smile.

"You must love him, seeing as you're smiling like that." Kaoru commented.

"I do. He's the best person in the whole world!" She chirped.

"I bet she doesn't love him as much as I love you." Hikaru said as he grabbed his sibling into a hug.

"Hikaru! At least wait until we get home… It's embarrassing…"

"Uh, huh. Okay, well goodbye everybody!" She said as she slung her brief case over her shoulder and turned to leave. Everybody didn't bother to say anything as her footsteps echoed throughout the hall.

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"I can't believe how cute she looks, just for her brother too!" Tamaki whispered to the rest of the group as they hid behind a corner at the airport. The twins nodded as they stared at her through binoculars.

Maya was wearing a light orange sundress and a white cardigan, sitting in a seat reading a magazine with her hair in two high pigtails.

She did feel eyes on her. She didn't think much of it though, because her brother was coming. She smiled at the thought. Her brother was very special to her. The Host Club (a.k.a. Tamaki) had decided to all take the day off to see Maya's so called "brother".

"Flight 3846 Has Arrived From Italy." The intercoms announced.

Apparently, Maya's brother was in Italy because she had abruptly set down her magazine, stood up and picked up her matching white handbag. She stood near the gates and waited. Lots of people past her but she still stood there, waiting.

Soon, a dorky looking Japanese person walked through the gates wearing these huge glasses, a too tight shirt and pants with suspenders.

Her eyes lit up. That was her brother? Tamaki almost hurled. They looked nothing alike. Maya ran past the gate and then right past the dorky looking guy, right into the arms of a handsome, tall American looking young man.

The Host Club stared in disbelief as the man picked up Maya and twirled her around happily.

"Onii-chan! I missed you so much! You know I hate it when you go away." Maya said, smiling like the Host Club had never seen before.

"I missed you too." The man said as he hugged her.

"Let me help." Maya grabbed some of his luggage and happily started making plans with her brother for lunch.

"Who…is…he…?!" Tamaki screeched as he turned around to face his companions in spying.

"Apparently, her brother." Kyouya replied, pushing his glasses further along the bridge of his nose.

"He didn't look half bad." Hikaru said. Kaoru nodded.

"He looked nice! I want to eat cake with him!" Hani said.

"No!!! Hani-senpai! Don't go over to his side! He's eviiiil! He's going to try to steal Maya away from us!" Tamaki all but whispered.

'Idiot…' Kyouya thought.

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After they had ordered, the brother and sister started some friendly chatter.

'They look just like a couple.' Kyouya thought. If possible, the girl looked much happier with her brother than with the Host Club, which would bring Tamaki to tears if he heard.

"Onii-chan. Did I tell you about my new friends?" Maya asked, smile still intact. At this, all of the Host Club's ears perked up. A waitress walked up to Tamaki.

"Hello. May I take your order, sir?" She asked.

"In a moment, my princess." Tamaki replied so he could hear what Maya was saying. Her brother shook his head, "Are they nice to you? Because they better be." Maya laughed, "I can take care of myself."

"Well anyways, they are all boys. I joined a club. A host club." Her brother nearly spat out the soda he was drinking.

"What?! How could you not tell father or me about this? That's crazy! You're a girl! And they're all boys? Good grief Maya. Maybe I should have you transferred."

The twins and Tamaki's mouth opened in horror. Hani and Kyouya's eyes widened at the thought.

Maya let out a laugh.

"Don't you worry, dear brother. I don't think they have the guts to do anything to me. And besides, they're all so kind to me…" Their expressions softened at her words.

"Tell me about them." Maya looked at her brother suspiciously, "What? Just so I can trust them a little more around you." She smiled.
"Okay, well there are these twins…" Hikaru and Kaoru grinned, "They like to cause trouble and all that and they're a year younger than I, but all in all, they are wonderful people! They're really fun too, I mean their pranks are pretty darn funny…" She trailed off.

"Go on…" Her brother stated.

"Okay, and there are these senpai's. One's name is Mori-senpai and the other is Hani-senpai. Hani-senpai is really cute! He's always lugging around this Usa-chan of his and we both like sweets a lot! Oh yes and Mori-senpai is kind of quiet, but I think he's the kind of man who doesn't waste his words so I guess he's pretty wise and I saw him practicing in his kendo club before, he looked really cool!" Hani smiled and hugged his Usa-chan while Mori turned a very light pink that people wouldn't notice unless there was close observation.

Her brother nodded and took another sip of his soda.

"Oh yes, and the so called "King" of the Host club is Tamaki. He's half French and has blonde hair so he stands out a bit. But he's kind of, uh, slow." The twins nearly burst out laughing and Tamaki went into his depressed state until she continued, "Although he's pretty conceited about his good looks, he's really nice and very gullible. I like him a lot. He's pretty funny too. Well, at least his actions are." Tamaki blushed and looked away from the still laughing twins.

"Are there anymore?" Her brother asked, as if he was bored.

"Yep! Ootori Kyouya. He, my dear brother, is brilliant. Seriously. He's always either writing on his clipboard or typing away at his laptop. But he's very hard working and caring too, even if he doesn't show it. I can imagine, he has a tough life because he has to surpass everything his brothers did in order to become the heir but I would swear on my life that he can do it. Because I know he's the type of person who if tries hard enough, can do anything. Almost like you, Onii-chan." Maya smiled and sipped her Coke.

Kyouya had an expression that looked like he was bored, but really he was flattered and yet still thinking along the lines of 'Is that all?'

"I don't think you would take me away from Ouran."

Her brother looked at his baby sister, amused "And why not?"

She smiled " Because you're too nice and I wouldn't leave them if I had a choice, no siree. And also…because I like them too much."

Kyouya took this as their cue to leave, he motioned towards the other Host members out the door. Unfortunately, the exit was in front of Maya's table so she could spot them easily without even trying.

He looked at his little sister before contemplating something.

Tamaki whispered for the others to follow his lead, he hid behind tables and tried to crawl to the exit, but to no avail.

"Tamaki…?" Maya set down her glass. "What are you doing here?"

"That's him?" Her brother asked as he eyed the blonde. His sister nodded and looked at Tamaki questioningly.

"Were you…spying on us?" But before he could answer, she replied to herself, "No, you wouldn't do that. You're too kind to. Only really stupid and rude people would do that." Which (as you can imagine) made Tamaki feel terrible.

Crocodile tears started streaming down his face as he pouted and tried using his puppy dog eyes.

Kyouya sighed. Tamaki always did seem to make things go wrong.

"Oh, the rest of you are here too, huh? Should've known." She said.

"So this is them?" Her brother questioned as he stood up. Maya nodded.

"Hello. My name is Tateishi Rei. It's a pleasure." Rei concluded as he sat down again. "Won't you join us?"

Kyouya nodded and sat down next to Maya with the twins next to him. Hani and Mori sat on the other side of the table while Tamaki sat in his depressed corner because he wasn't invited.

"That means you too, Tamaki." Maya said quietly. Tamaki recovered in a second, "Right."

"Well, excuse me. I have to use the restroom." Maya said as she carefully slipped through the chairs and walked over to the female restroom.

They all (not including Mori) watched her leave as the said girl's brother cleared his throat. They all turned to him.

"If my sister hadn't spoken up about you, I would have transferred her to another school immediately." He said coldly. "But, you got lucky. And I warn you now, any one of you who hurts her, I mean any, I do not care if you're the president's son or what not, if you hurt her, I will personally murder you with my own two hands." Tamaki, the twins and Hani shivered. He sounded dead serious. And he probably was.

"We would never hurt her!" Tamaki said, "We think of her as one of our very best friends." They all nodded (except Kyouya).

Rei swirled his drink around in his cup. "Whatever you say. I guess it doesn't matter much, seeing as my sister would gladly hurt any of you herself if she were in the position to." They all went silent, taking in every word he said.

"Ah, I'm back…Is there anything the matter?" Maya noticed there was an awkward silence as she sat herself down.

"Just, introducing myself to your friends." Rei replied coolly.

Maya smiled and nodded.

"That's nice. I hope you all get along well. It'd make me really happy." She said. "Well anyways, Hani-senpai, they have a lot of good desserts here, would you like to try any?" Maya handed the menu to Hani as he thanked her.

"Oh, yes and their spicy foods are really good. I think Kyouya and Hani-senpai were the ones who like spicy things, ne?" Maya grinned as her brother watched her interact with her "friends".

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"Ah, well, I'm really sorry Hani-senpai, but I think I have to go home today because he's here." Maya jerked a thumb at her brother waiting impatiently at the door.

"It's okay Maya-chan! There's always next week." Hani replied, belly full of sweets. She smiled, "You're so thoughtful Hani-senpai. Well bye, bye everybody." She waved and ran off to where her brother was, apologizing profusely as he playfully whacked her head.

Tamaki watched quietly as Maya and her brother walk off, arm in arm. Tamaki then put on a big smile, "Well, let's go guys" and started towards his limousine. Kyouya shook his head at the blonde's behavior and then went to his own limo. The rest of the club followed suit.

xXxXxXx

"Good morning everybody!" Maya shouted cheerfully as she stepped into the classroom. The majority of students greeted her back.

"Hello, Tamaki." Maya kissed Tamaki on the cheek, earning a very red face that contrasted very well with his blonde hair. She then, did the same to Kyouya.

"Isn't today just a glorious day?" She asked as she sat herself down.

"Why are you so happy?" Tamaki asked.

"I have no clue. It might be because I've finally come to terms with my stepmother. "

"Oh? And how'd that happen?" Kyouya asked, now part of the conversation.

"My brother, forced me to reconcile with her. And somehow, we managed to get through a conversation without either of us tearing our hair out." She grinned. Tamaki smiled softly, something rare.

"I must say; you two look quite handsome today." Maya continued.

"Ahaha. Does that mean you have fallen for me?" Tamaki asked as he held her in his arms. She smirked.

"Au contraire. You're more of a brother to me." Maya replied, crushing the blonde's hopes in a mere second. Kyouya chuckled.

"What are they doing?" Maya asked as she watched a crowd or students gather near a bulletin of some sort.

"That might be the grades on our last exam." Kyouya answered, already knowing that he received the best marks.

"Oh yeah?" Maya went up to the bulletin and squeezed through the crowd with a series of "Excuse Me's" and "Pardon Me's".

She looked up, saw the scores and grinned.

1.Tateishi Maya

2.Ootori Kyouya

3.Suoh Tamaki

4.Jounouchi Ayame

And so on…

A crowd of girls started congratulating Maya, seeing as nobody had ever gotten higher than Kyouya. This of course, had gotten the Shadow King's attention. Maya smiled and sweatdropped at her enthusiastic "fans".

Kyouya stood up and strode to the bulletin, confident in his rank. His common sense flew straight out the window as he stared at the sheet with the scores on it.

"What…?" He stared in disbelief at his name in second place. Wasn't it usually in first? He rubbed his eyes to make sure this wasn't an illusion. He glanced at the girl now talking to Tamaki. He couldn't believe he didn't get first. 'Damnit' He thought. 'Maya? A challenge?' He walked back to his desk and carefully pulled his book out, skillfully ignoring the stares and whispers of his classmates.

Maya glanced at her dark haired friend (AN: Friend?xD), now reading something he pulled out of his desk. She frowned. She poked his cheek lightly until he turned to face her. She waved and grinned before saying "Does it really matter that much?"

He looked at her, "What?"

"Being first." She replied.

"I guess."

"Oh, okay then." She said as she went back to her desk.

"Why?" He asked.

"Do you want me to lower my grade purposely? Because I could. If you want me to. I don't really mind." She said, now watching him with concerned eyes.

"Of course not. Idiot. You do the best you can, because I will beat you in the next exam. This is kind of fun actually, nobody ever gets higher than me." He said, now fully accepting the challenge. Her concern quickly turned to playfulness. She smiled and nodded.

"You better do your best, it's no fun if I'm up against a dunce."

He smiled. "Same to you."

"Hey!" Maya laughed and playfully slapped his shoulder.

Oh wow. Chapter eleven. Already? I coulda sworn...No. Nevermind. I must have a more positive outlook on things: Yay! Chapter eleven! xD

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