Chapter 12: The Sweet Smell of Revenge—The Zuka Club Attacks
"See? See?" Tamaki asked around the room. Hikari was sitting on the couch trying to recover the scene that had occurred a few minutes ago. "Now she won't bother the host club again."
"How can you be so sure, Sempai?" Haruhi asked. "I mean, sure she's banned from the host club, but didn't you remember what she said?" Tamaki shook his head.
"She said that Kira and Yuuji were gonna pull me out of Ouran," Hikari said. No one had forgotten, even Tamaki. Kaoru placed his arm around Hikaru, who's knuckles were turning white from clenching his fists.
"That is very unlikely," Kyouya said pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose. "If they pulled you out of school based upon a fact that was given by a student who shows that they believe gossip, their reputation would be ruined, which is never good for a business. So if they don't want to ruin their reputation, then they'll let you stay."
"Are you sure about that, Kyouya-sempai?" Haruhi asked. Kyouya looked at her and then at Hikari. Kyouya rarely looked at her except the times he would talk about Natasha. This time, Hikari saw sympathy and a sense of uncertainty in his eyes. Hikari suddenly remembered what he and Natasha were talking about after the summer.
They said that something was going to happen to "her". That "her" might be me.
"I'm pretty sure," he said with confidence, "The only way that they could pull her out would if someone from another school boasted about how their school is better than Ouran."
"So, Hiri-chan will still stay with us?" Honey asked.
"Of course she will," Tamaki expressed. Hikari felt that she had enough drama for one day. She went into the back room, changed her clothes, and headed towards the door. As she opened it, a hand grabbed her shoulder.
"Hikari," it was Tamaki, "I will do my best to keep this family together, I promise." Hikari turned around and smiled.
"That's why you're the father of the group," she said. Tamaki placed a proud grin of his face.
"That's right!" he skipped over to Haruhi, placing his arm around her shoulder. "For I, Suou Tamaki, am your father. And Fujioka Haruhi, my wife, is your mother. Together, we brought you all here, and-" Hikari closed the door behind her. She felt that she had enough Ouran Host Club for one day.
Two days had passed since Chihara's appearance and Hikari was still attending Ouran.
"Then that just shows that her statement was false," Haruhi said, "So Sempai got worked up for nothing."
"You say that like it's a bad thing," Hikari said.
"It is. He keeps on saying how he's a great father and me his wife. It all sounds so weird."
"But didn't you say that-" Haruhi placed her hand out in front of Hikari, indicating her to stop.
"Don't you finish that thought," Haruhi threatened. Hikari smiled and nodded. As they approached the Third Music Room, Hikari froze.
"I think that I left my notebook in my desk."
"But you always have that notebook with you," Haruhi said. Hikari sighed.
"It's ok," she said, "I'll run back and I'll meet you inside." She waved good-bye and ran down the hall way back to the classroom. As Hikari was running, Haruhi noticed three figures running after her.
"I wonder what that's all about," she said quietly to herself. As she entered the host room, she felt a knot in her stomach. She placed her hand on the wall for support and tried to breathe.
"Haruhi!" Tamaki screamed, "Are you hurt?" Can you stand?"
"I'm fine," she said loudly, "Just…a weird feeling, that's all."
Meanwhile…
Hikari sprinted as fast as she could towards her classroom. Why would I leave my notebook there? She asked herself entering the empty classroom. As she walked towards her desk, she noticed that the room seemed larger than it normally did. The windows seemed taller to her and the carvings on the ceiling seemed to expand in size, showing off its design.
"I never thought that a classroom could be this pretty," she said aloud.
"If you think that this is pretty, then you might want to come see a different school. Or should I say, our school." Hikari felt her stomach go on fire as anger filled her mind.
"What do you want-" but she was taken away before she could say another word.
Back to the host club
"HARUHI, WE NEED MORE INSTANT COFFEE!" the twins yelled in unison.
"Why do I have to get it?" she asked.
"Because," Hikaru began, "my little toy hasn't come in yet."
"And as our mother," Kaoru continued, "Shouldn't you be taking care of your children?"
"I never said that I was your mother," Haruhi pointed out. The twins shrugged, as sounds from the corner of the room caught Haruhi's attention.
"Sempai, what are you doing?" she asked him.
"I'm trying to make Honey-sempai understand that my teddy bear will be perfect next to his bunny rabbit," Was his answer. Haruhi's eyes wondered to the sleeping Honey on the couch.
"You know, Sempai, Honey-sempai just doesn't like your teddy bear."
"WHAT?!" Tamaki screamed, "Who would not like my teddy bear?"
"Anyone with the blood type of AB." She replied. Tamaki froze as he stared at Honey and then at Kyouya. Kyouya was reading a book and commented without looking up.
"I find it disrespectful that you're always using me and my blood type as an excuse for not liking your weird possessions."
"How can you be so mean, brother Kyouya?" Tamaki asked, giving Kyouya his puppy-eyed look. Before Kyouya could answer, the doors opened to the Host Club. Yumi leaned on her knees panting and trying to talk, but no sound came out of her throat.
"Yumi-chan," Kaoru said rushing over to her side, "Did you run all the way here?" Yumi shook her head. Hikaru glared at her for a moment, but then looked back at the rest of the club members.
"Are you alright, Mimi-chan?" Honey asked her. Yumi walked on over to the sleepy boy and patted him on the head and nodded.
"You look like you've seen something bad," Haruhi commented, "Is everything alright?"
"Actually-" she began, but Kyouya's cell phone began to ring. It was a soothing, gorgeous melody that seemed more like a lullaby than a ringtone. Kyouya smiled and answered it.
"Yes, Natasha?" he said with a smile. After hearing a little electronic mumble, his smiled disappeared.
"When did this happen?" he asked. The phone continued to mumble as the club began to gather around Kyouya. He nodded a couple of times while writing down what Natasha was telling him.
"Alright, thank you, Natasha…I will," and he hung up.
"Eh? No 'I love you', Kyouya-sempai?" Hikaru teased. Kyouya glared at him.
"I bet that you haven't told someone that you love her yet." Hikaru pouted and placed his hands behind his head.
"And speaking of Hikari," he continued, Haruhi noticed that Kyouya had Hikaru's undivided attention, "Natasha just told me that the Niwazaki couple called her to say that she will no longer pick Hikari up at Ouran." A sense of shock filled the room.
"Did they find out who Natasha really was?" Tamaki asked. Kyouya shook his head.
"They said that Natasha is to pick Hikari up-"
"-at the St. Lobelia Academy." Yumi finished. Tamaki paused for a moment and walked over towards the window. Haruhi followed him and noticed Natasha's car still waiting outside the school.
"Shit," Hikaru said through his teeth. He ran his fingers through his hair and tightened his jaw. Kaoru walked next to him and placed his arms around his shoulder.
"Hikaru," he said quietly, "try to calm down."
"HOW CAN I CALM DOWN WHEN HIKARI IS BEING TORTURED BY PEOPLE WHO MOCKED HER FATHER'S PLAY?!" Haruhi was amazed at Hikaru's reaction. Normally he was very laid back about a situation that didn't relate to him personally, or at least he would try to make a joke out of it. But Haruhi noticed that Hikaru was ready to seriously hurt the three who emotionally scared his girlfriend.
"If you're going to freak out like that then you'll never save Hikari," Haruhi said. Hikaru shot a glare at her, which she ignored as she turned back to Tamaki.
"Sempai, I know you have a plan somewhere." Tamaki shook his head as he placed his forehead on his hand, which was against the window. Haruhi was speechless as she heard Hikaru's fist land on the coffee table.
"What did Natasha say?" Haruhi finally asked, breaking the silent.
"She said that the Niwazaki family had an unexpected visit by three girls from St. Lobelia. They convinced Hikari's adoptive parents that Lobelia is a better and a more well-known school than Ouran and the action in transferring her in Loeblia will be kept a secret, so as not to cause them any embarrassment." Kyouya answered. Haruhi began to think. How can we get Hikari out of there?
"I've got an idea" Yumi said. She locked her eyes with Haruhi's "But we're going to need you again." Haruhi hesitated about answering. Yumi continued to hold her glance until Haruhi nodded.
"I know it's a long shot and I'm risking Haruhi here, but…" Yumi whispered her plan as Haruhi's face twisted with awkwardness in hearing what the plan would be. Tamaki grinned and his eyes began to twinkle.
"This is your chance, Haruhi," he said, "Quick, we must make you look appropriate." Tamaki snapped his fingers and the twins assembled. "Let's get Haruhi and Yumi-chan ready." The twins saluted as they carried the two girls to the back room.
At the Niwazaki house hold
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT YOU HAD ME TRANSFER SCHOOLS?!" Hikari screamed. She slammed her hands down on Yuuji's desk making him jump a little out of his seat.
"We had to," he said, "we couldn't handle hearing about you're 'host club'."
"Did I ever say that I was in a 'host club'?" Hikari asked.
"That's not the point here," Kira said as she was looking through the mail, "The point is that it's embarrassing to have rumors about our daughter partaking in some club about fooling around with guys."
"I'm not your daughter," Hikari said loudly. Yuuji and Kira both looked up from their work.
"According to the law, we are," Yuuji said, "We adopted you as soon as the topic arose."
"That's right we did," Kira said. She flicked her hair and glared at Hikari. "I suggest that you show a little more gratitude towards the people that you're living with."
"'Gratitude'? What gratitude?" Hikari looked back and forth between the two, specifically at Yuuji.
"How dare you question our loving support!" Kira yelled. Hikari switched her glare target and looked straight at her cold, black eyes.
"If there was a 'loving support' then I wouldn't be acting this way."
"Why you little-" Kira raised her hand, but something stopped her.
"Kira, if this continues, then we would look like savages. Plus we couldn't fully transfer her to the St. Lobelia Academy." Kira looked at her husband and placed her head on his shoulder.
"I'm sorry, Yuuji. I just got carried away." Yuuji held her and looked at Hikari.
"We have been more than kind to you and this is how you repay us?" he asked, "Your mother is now becoming upset over an idiotic situation. If you hadn't-" Hikari turned on her heels and left the room. Once she was in her own bedroom, she saw the Lobelia school uniform lying on her bed. Next to it was a note addressed to her.
"Attend the Zuka club meeting tomorrow after school, sweet angel. Benio" Hikari bit her lips and tore the letter into shreds.
"Like hell I'm their daughter. Why did they even adopt me if I'm worth nothing to them!" Hikari felt her body beginning to tremble.
"When ever I get into a fight with them, I always wonder why I'm here," Hikari whispered. Her throat began to tighten as her vision became a blur. She shook her head and rubbed her eyes.
"No, I will not cry. I will not stoop down to their level." Hikari ran out onto her balcony and looked up at the night sky. It was a clear night with every star shining brightly down on her.
I'll be fine, she thought to herself. Slowly, her body laid itself onto the balcony floor, her eyes closed, and her mind drifted off to sleep.
At Lobelia
Lobelia too bright. Hikari wrote. Her eyes were glued to her paper as she headed towards her new school. The campus was large like Ouran's but the buildings appeared as if they were made of glass. As she walked, she heard Natasha's voice in her head.
"I know this might sound risky, but maybe you should act differently. You know, like a bad student, or a student that pulls pranks, break the rules…basically, maybe you should try to act like Hikaru."
The thought of Hikaru made a sharp pain in Hikari's chest. A hand touched her shoulder and swung her around.
"Ah, sweet angel," the voice said, "You look so pure and lovely in our uniform." Hikari sighed and lifted Benio's hand off her shoulder.
"Would you please stop doing that. It really gets on my nerves," Hikari said. Benio looked at her for a moment and then laughed.
"You're such a good actress," she said spinning around in circles. "You must spread this talent and teach it to others who wish to follow your footsteps." She bowed and held Hikari's hand. As Benio rose, she pulled Hikari to her close enough so that benio's lips were next to Hikari's ear.
"And there's no way for you to see those idiots from that host club ever again." Hikari's drew a sharp breath and pulled herself away from Benio. She was about to speak, but decided that she was in the wrong place to say it. She instead headed towards the school of glass.
The inside of Lobelia was similar to Ouran's: Tall ceilings, large classrooms, long stairways, it almost looked identical…except it was as white as a lily, which burned Hikari's eyes. Lilies, she began to write in her notebook, Are too bright as well!
The day went by at a slow pace, which made Hikari fall asleep in most of her classes. Finally, the dismissal bell rang and Hikari suddenly found herself in an empty classroom.
"What the hell?" she mumbled. Her eyes lingered towards the door. Thousands of high school girls gathered in the hallway wearing their school skirts and a pink Tee shirt. Everyone seemed excited. Hikari grabbed her school bag and tried to cut through the crowd in order to get outside.
"E-excuse me!" Hikari screamed as she squeezed her way through the crowd. None of the crazy girls seemed to hear. In the direction that Hikari was headed, she heard someone scream, "Here they come!" Once the fellow females at St. Lobelia high heard this, they all began to scream as loud as they could.
"These fans remind me of the guests back with the host club," Hikari said aloud. As she felt her way through, she thought that she saw a girl look vaguely familiar. She had long brown hair and bright brown eyes. Her displeased look reminded her of someone she knew.
"I don't have time for this," Hikari said aloud, "I've got to find a way out of here." Hikari tried to swim through the sea of girls, but a hand grabbed her shoulder and dragged her further.
"Sweet angel, I was worried that we had lost you." Hikari brushed her hand off and walked on forward.
"My my," Chizuru said, "She still doesn't seem to be pleased with her new scenery."
"She'll eventually adapt to our ways. Right, Benibara-samma?" Hinako asked with delight. Benio chuckled.
"Of course she will. She has no choice," The three followed Hikari out the main doors onto the Lobelia campus. "She knows that if she were to try and return to those ruthless men, her secret would be reviled."
Meanwhile…with the Host members
"AAAAAHHHHH!! MY DAUGHTER, WHERE ARE YOU??" Tamaki screamed. He began to tug on his blonde hair and he stomped around the third music room. Kyouya continued to type on his pineapple notebook with Honey looking over his shoulder.
"Would you please stop screaming, Tamaki? You're making my head hurt," Kyouya commented. Tamaki looked at his brother with tears running down his face.
"But Brother," Tamaki began, "My daughter is lost in the Zuka club. Who knows what might happen to her. What if they try to do something improper. Something like…"
Tamaki's inner cinema
Hikari's back is facing the audience. She looks like she's ready to perform in a Juliet costume.
HIKARI: Oh my love.
BENIO: Sweet angel. Come, let me kiss thy lips, and take away those memories of your wretched father.
HIKARI: Of course you may.
The two of them lean in lips slowly approaching closer…
We interrupt this movie with:
"DON'T YOU DARE THINK ABOUT STUFF LIKE THAT!" The three boys looked at the door and saw Hikaru, his eyes filled with fire and rage and aiming them at Tamaki.
"Hikaru, calm, down," Kaoru said in a soothing voice. Hikaru smacked his fist against the door and began to tremble in anger.
"Where's Takashi?" Honey asked looking behind the twins. Mori was behind the twins and were carrying what seemed to be two people. They were both wearing Lobelia uniforms, but none of them resembled Hikari.
"What happened to my Haruhi?" Tamaki screamed in a dramatic tone. Mori placed another girl in Kaoru's arms and placed Haruhi on a sofa.
"Yumi-chan?" Kaoru whispered, "Are you alright?" Yumi slowly opened her eyes and looked around the room.
"…we're…back at Ouran?" she asked weakly.
"Yes you are," Kaoru said in relief. "What happened?"
"Those crazy fan girls of the Zuka Club made it super difficult to try and find Hikari," Yumi answered.
"Yeah, it was," Haruhi said coming to her senses, "We couldn't find her anywhere." The Host club was silent. Hikaru's anger was building up, but before he could explode, Tamaki took the silence to recite a speech.
"Listen, my little children," he said, "We must not give up hope on our daughter. She is out there and we will find her. I will do my best to keep this family together and to help her fulfill the wishes of her and her late parents' dream. Listen closely, I've got a good idea."
Tamaki spoke of his plan to his members and Haruhi was half listening. She looked out the window and watched the orange rays of the setting sun seep into the room. Hikari, please be patient. You will come out of there alive and you will come back to Ouran.
However…
"Why do I have to be in your show?" Hikari asked the Zuka Club. "The only part that I'm playing in this game is the fact that I have to be here. I'm not obligated to do anything else." She threw the script on the floor and headed towards the exit.
"There's no way for you to leave Lobelia now that you're in, sweet angel. There's a rule that states that you must attend Lobelia three years before switching to another school," Benio said.
"And since you only have three years of high school," Hinako began, "you don't have to worry about going back to your old school ever." Hikari ignored them and grabbed the handle towards the door.
"Sweet angel, you know that you can't resist us," Benio threatened. Hikari's grip on the handle tightened.
"You know nothing about me and have nothing to offer me to persuade me to say. Therefore, I'll take my leave."
"You love to write." Hikari froze. "You like to write stories about young girls fighting dragons and having handsome princes at their sides. How cute." Hikari began to bite her lower lip. She heard pages being rustled around behind her. Those aren't… She thought. She whipped her head around and saw the Zuka club members looking through her writing notebooks.
"This is really good writing," Hinako said with a hint of impression in her voice. "You should write stories for our performances."
"Oh my," Chizuru said as she turned red, "This scene is interesting." Hikari knew what she was talking about. Before she could snatch it out of Chizuru's hands, Benio began to read it aloud.
"How I longed to be with him. He makes my heart bang against my chest. The way he holds me when I go to sleep; his warm arms wrapped around my cold body. His voice is deep and enchanting, making me hold my breath when he speaks. His lips, soft and warm, just like his kisses." Benio looked up at Hikari and back into the book.
"Who are you referring to?" she asked. Hikari felt a heat wave run up her spine.
"Th-that's none of your business," She yelled. Benio chuckled, placing her on her fingers.
"Ah, I see now. Sweet angel, could it be that you're referring to a host member?" Hikari looked at the floor. She felt as if this club was looking deep inside her like a dissection experiment in biology class. She felt embarrassed and humiliated.
"The prince of your life sounds like-" but Benio was cut off short. Hikari lifter her hand and slapped her across the face, just like she did to Kyouya.
"Never EVER look into my life EVER again!" And with that she left the room and slammed the door behind her.
The next day was the same as before, except Hikari was trying her hardest to keep her distance from the crazy Zuka club. During her lunch break, she was planning on eating in the garden when she head familiar voices.
"…she be?"
"She has to be in the school somewhere. We just have to look harder."
"Yumi-chan, I'm surprised that you're this positive about this plan."
"Of course I am. We have to save Hikari from those three witches!" Hikari rushed over to the gardens to find two girls sitting on a crystal white bench. The two of them looked at her for a second when one of them screamed with joy.
"Hikari-chan!" She wrapped her arms around her neck forbidding to let her go. "Oh thank god that you're alright."
"Yumi-chan?" Hikari said in shock. She looked over at the other girl and recognized her from the day before.
"You can't be Haruhi," Hikari said. The girl slightly pouted.
"You don't have to sound happy that I'm here," Haruhi said with sarcasm in her voice.
"I'm sorry," Hikari said, "I'm just not used to you with long hair." Haruhi ran her fingers through her brown hair and sighed.
"Well, this wig is scratching my head a lot, which makes it very uncomfortable." Haruhi took of her wig and scratched her head. Hikari smiled in relief.
"What are you two here for anyway?" She asked.
"We're here to rescue you, silly," Yumi answered. Haruhi nodded.
"How's it going by the way? Here at this school, I mean." Hikari looked at the ground.
"It's really frustrating." She gripped onto her skirt, "Benio yesterday read aloud a passage that I was working on and it made me feel…" Hikari tried to find the right word, but she couldn't find one.
"They'll try to win your loyalty over by tapping into your weakness. They did that to me last year when Benio-san pretended that this performance was her dream and it involved her mother somehow." Haruhi turned to Hikari. "It's alright though, because we're getting you out." Hikari felt relieved and smiled again.
"Tamaki-senpai is driving me crazy, though," Haruhi stretched her arms up before continuing. "He keeps on mentioning how the Zuka Club is going to do improper things to his daughter and how we should send a search party and stuff. He really drives me crazy." Yumi giggled.
"He's also not the only one who's worried," she said. "Hikaru has been mad as hell since your disappearance."
"He has?" Hikari asked.
"Of course!" Yumi answered, "Every time Tamaki-kun freak out about what might happen to you, Hikaru sends these death glares that drive him crazy. That host club is sure entertaining." The Lobelia bell rang a soft tune to end the lunch break.
"Anyway, don't worry," Haruhi assured placing her wig back on, "We're going to get you out of here." And with that, the three went into Lobelia ready to leave when the dismissal bell stroke. Hikari waited impatiently until then, trying to make time pass by faster by writing down the characteristics of three witches. Once she heard a soft ringing, she grabbed her things and ran towards the exit gates.
She saw Yumi and Haruhi waiting for her at the entrance gateway. Awesome! I'm outta here. Hikari reached the gate and was about to speak when the ground beneath her feet disappeared. Suddenly, all three girls were falling into a black pit.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" Haruhi screamed.
"WOW! This is just like in Alice and Wonderland!" Yumi commented.
"Now is not the time to be amazed by our situation!" Haruhi screamed back.
"All that matters is if we will land in one piece," Hikari pointed out. Luckily, they did fall on something soft. It was something pillow like that was able to absorb the impact of their fall.
"Welcome, my little caged angels," said a familiar voice. The lights turned on and Hikari found herself in a cage. She, Yumi and Haruhi were locked in a cage in the Lobelia Academy.
"I knew that the Sweet angel would try to fly away, but I never would have thought that the fair maiden would follow her." Haruhi rubbed her temples as she remembered her title as "fair maiden".
"And who's that girl?" Hinako pointed out, "I don't think we've seen her before." Benio walked at the three hostages and examined Yumi. Hikari could tell that she was uncomfortable with the situation.
"She's a cute one too. A little bird in a cage."
"What do you mean 'A little bird in a cage'?" Yumi shouted. I guess she was insulted by that comment, Hikari thought to herself.
"Sweet angel, do you're adoptive parents know about your writing?" Benio asked. Hikari swallowed the topic down her throat. She clenched her teeth together, preventing the anger building up inside of her explode.
"They don't know? Well, then they should know, shouldn't they?" She held one of Hikari's notebooks in her hands waving it around like a fan.
"This is going too far," Haruhi protested, "I know you guys want her, but isn't this just beneath you?" Benio smiled.
"We've learned that if we want something and it's easy to obtain, then we will gain it," Benio responded.
"I'm still failing to see the point," Haruhi said.
"It doesn't matter now, fair maiden. Since you're here, we can transfer you here as well. You always looked best in the Lobelia uniform." The three began to exit when Yumi yelled back.
"You think that you're the best just because you think that you can destroy the host club?"
"Correction," Benio said pointing her index finger upward, "I know that I can destroy that club."
"Then let's see you fight us off," screamed a masculine voice. Benio began to look worried.
"Tamaki-senpai?" Hikari and Haruhi said aloud. A figure fell through the ceiling, creating a smoke cloud around him causing the three hostages to cough. Once it cleared, Hikari saw Tamaki…in what appeared to be a knights costume.
"What the…?" Hikari mumbled. Haruhi nodded. Tamaki drew a sword and pointed it towards the ceiling.
"I am here to save my beloved wife and daughter," Tamaki announced. Benio brushed her bangs aside.
"Too bad. You're too late." She pulled something from her pocket and let it dangle on her fingers.
"The key," Tamaki mumbled. Benio threw it in the air and caught it.
"I guess that you can't save them without this." Tamaki stabbed the floor with his sword and leaned on it.
"Senpai, that suit must be really heavy," Haruhi pointed out. Tamaki looked at her longingly through the bars. Hikari noticed that Tamaki was shaken by Haruhi's appearance as a female.
"It's alright," he said. He faced Benio with his arms open wide. "I can still let them escape." Benio laughed.
"How so, when I hold the key?" Tamaki snapped his fingers and the lights turned off. A spot light turned on and shone on someone else in the corner of the room. Hikari couldn't see who he was because he tilted his top hat at an angle that covered his face, but judging by his costume, he appeared to be a magician. He then extended a hand that held a wand and aimed it at the cage. With a swift movement of his wrist, the cage turned into rose petals.
"Of course I could report you to the principle for holding students from another school hostage on their property," said the magician.
"Isn't that," Haruhi began.
"Kyouya-senpai?" Hikari finished. Kyouya lifted his hat and bowed.
"My family is well acquainted with the principle of this school. I'm sure that she won't be pleased by what's been happening for the past couple of days." Chizuru turned on the lights and Hikari, for the first time, saw fear in Benio's eyes.
"Chizuru, Hinako, keep them from escaping!" Benio screamed. As her two companions began to charge, something prevented them from passing. Mori and Honey were in their karate uniforms and blocked them. Tamaki ran towards Haruhi and helped her to her feet.
"This can't be happening!" Benio said in shock.
"You better believe that it's happening," said a voice behind Hikari. She felt his arms wrap around her waist and a chin placed on her shoulder. "If you've done anything to my girlfriend, you're gonna get your ass wiped."
"Hikaru?" Hikari said in shock. Benio took a step back.
"Gg-girlfriend?" She stuttered.
"That's right, and you've had three of our precious princesses in a cage," said another voice. Hikari looked and saw Kaoru leaning on Yumi. He wore regular clothes…but added cat ears and a cat tail. Hikari placed her hand on Hikaru's head and felt that Hikaru also had a pair of cat ears on his head.
"Why are you wearing cat ears?" Hikari asked. Hikaru chuckled.
"Because I tend to act like an alley cat when I sneak onto your balcony," he purred into her ear. Hikari flustered as Tamaki approached Benio.
"Do you still think that you can erase the host club?" Benio hesitated before responding.
"You may have won the battle, but the war is not over. I will have the fair maiden and the sweet angel enrolled in this school." With that, she dropped Hikari's notebook and she along with the rest of the Zuka Club twirled their way out of the room.
"They're getting away!" Yumi screamed.
"Don't worry," Kaoru said, "They can't get far."
"That's right," Tamaki said triumphantly, "They know that they cannot win against the host club." He turned around and faced Hikari.
"See," he said with a wink, "I told you that I'd keep this family together." Hikari couldn't help but smile. Tamaki then hugged Haruhi.
"HARUHI! You look so cute in a girl's uniform!" Haruhi didn't reply. Hikari broke away from Hikaru and picked up the notebook that Benio dropped and held it close to her chest. Either way, she thought, I'm still enrolled at Lobelia.
"By the way," Kyouya interrupted. "I sent a note to the Niwazaki's saying that they should send you back to Ouran." Hikari looked up and stared at him in amazement. "They cannot refuse a recommendation from a family member of the Ootori group." He added with a smile.
"That's good to hear," Haruhi said looking over at Hikari. She pinched Tamaki's hand to let her go and she walked over to Hikari. "That is good that you're coming back, right?" Hikari snapped out of her world and nodded.
"It is," she said, "My head is filled with so many thoughts right now, it's making my head hurt. First I was at Lobelia, then I'm in a cage, and now I'm switching again." She stood up and smiled at the host club.
"But I am really glad that you came to get me." Honey jumped onto Hikari's back and squeezed her tightly.
"YAY! Now Hiri-chan can stay with us," he said.
"That's right," Hikari said weakly. A cell phone ringtone caught everyone's attention. Kyouya answered it with a smile.
"Hey, would you be so kind as to pick Hikari up?...Yeah, she's safe…I think she'll tell you everything in the car…Okay, I'll see you later," he said and hung up. The twins smirked.
"That's couldn't have been Natasha, couldn't it?" Hikaru asked.
"It must have been," Kaoru answered, "What other reason is there to make Kyouya-senpai smile so much?"
"Do I have to teach you two a lesson in keeping your nose out of other people's businesses?" Kyouya threatened. The twins shivered with fear and moved away from him.
"I guess you're back in this crazy club," Haruhi said.
"I guess so."
Two weeks later
The Host Club is Open
"I heard what you did at the St. Lobelia Academy," one of the girls screamed out loud to Tamaki. Hiroki froze in the middle of his writing and turned around. Tamaki looked as shocked as he was along with the rest of the host club.
"Where did you hear such a story?" Tamaki asked.
"Well, Hiroki wrote something about seven saviors saving three princesses from three evil witches," another one answered. Tamaki stood up and searched for Hiroki, who was hiding behind a food cart. "Then Kyouya-senpai overheard us asking where he got theses ideas and he told us everything," she finished. Tamaki ended his hunt for Hiroki and aimed for Kyouya. Kyouya was leaning against a pillar with a pleased smile on his face.
"Kyouya!" Tamaki said with anger.
"Well, someone caused us so much trouble that that person had to pay the price," he said looking over at Hiroki's hiding spot.
I suddenly feel like I'm being watched, he thought to himself. With a sigh he stood up and walked over to Kyouya.
"What are you writing, if I may ask?"
"The plans for Halloween," he answered.
"Halloween?" Hiroki repeated, "Isn't that a couple of weeks away?"
"Indeed it is, Hiroki-kun," Tamaki flashed out. "This year, we're going to put on the best cosplay to the ladies. So we have to prepare early in order to make it the most memorable." As Tamaki continued to discuss ideas for Halloween, Hiroki noticed that Kyouya was staring blankly in front of him.
I wonder what's on his mind, Hiroki thought while he continued to write. Kyouya turned his head towards him and closed his eyes.
"And so it will begin. The downfall of the Niwazaki's."
