Sorry that this took a while. I had to do major editing. Chater 15 is not far behind.

Chapter 14: Halloween Special—A Trapped Girl and A hungry Vampire

Center Stage in the Host Club Room

"Halloween! A day that declares the end of summer and the beginning of winter!" Renge screams. She turns around striking another dramatic pose.

"Halloween! A day that humans disguise themselves with the same look as the visiting ghost and devils!" Renge spins again and winks at her audience.

"Halloween, a day that has become a festival of costumes and tricks!"

The audience: …sweat drop

"Renge-chan," Haruhi said after Renge curtsied, "Didn't you say that last year?" Renge froze.

"Yeah," Hikaru followed, "You're the Host Club manager and you're just repeating what you did last year."

"Maybe," Kaoru suggested with his fingers wrapping around his chin, "Our Host Club needs a new manager." Renge gasped and pretended to faint on stage. The twins began to laugh as Haruhi glared at them while approaching Renge with an extended hand.

"Are you alright?" she asked. Renge looked up with water in her eyes.

"Haruhi-kun…" She turned around with her tears sparkling around, "I will never forget your kindness!" And with that, the stage lowered into the floor.

"Couldn't you guys be a little nicer to her?" Haruhi asked with annoyance in her voice. The twins mirrored each other with a shrug. The doors to the host club opened with Mori carrying a huge box filled with different decoration. Honey, who was on Mori's shoulders, carried another decoration box above his head.

"Kyou-chan! Is this what you wanted?" Honey asked. Kyouya opened the box and inspected it with his pencil.

"Good work," he said making a note in his notebook, "I knew that the art club would be a good place to retrieve these kinds of necessities." Mori placed down his box and took Honey off his shoulders.

"Kyouya," Mori begins to say. Kyouya looks up as he follows Mori's eyes, which were looking at the doorway. As if on cue, Hikari and Yumi stumbled into the room. The box they were carrying made a loud thud on the floor. Kyouya adjusted his glasses and scribbled furiously in his notebook.

"If there're anything damaged in there, I'm going to have to charge you for the damages," he said plainly.

"What?" Yumi said. She sat cross-legged on the floor and pouted. Hikari just sat back on her knees and opened the box.

"There's nothing damaged, Kyouya-senpai," she confirmed. Kyouya didn't speak.

"Wonderful!" Tamaki expressed, "Then we'll be ready in no time for our Halloween special!" Haruhi tugged on his jacket.

"Senpai, you know that it's your fault that we're starting this so late," she pointed out.

Earlier that week

The host members were sitting around a table planning their Halloween special when a dog jumps on the table and knocks away all of the paper. It's brown tail smacks Kyouya's glasses off, making him extremely angry.

"TA-MA-KI!" Kyouya yells. Tamaki runs and tries to take the dog off the table.

"Brother," he says with puppy eyes, "Antoinette is still young. She just wants to be with people."

end of flashback

"Because Antoinette was here for the past two days, we haven't been able to do anything." Tamaki looks at Haruhi and then the floor, rubbing the back of his head.

"Haruhi, just let it go," Hikari said, "We're in this pinch now, so let's just try to do the best we can." Tamaki's eyes suddenly glittered and he began to swing Hikari around in circles.

"Oh, my daughter! You're so cute! I knew that you'd stand up for your father." Hikari was about to smack Tamaki in the head when someone had already beat her to it.

"Sorry Tono, but I can't allow you to swing her around so carelessly."

"Hikaru," Tamaki said with disgust, "You're here to try and take my daughter away from me!" He screamed. Hikaru chuckled and held Hikari close. Oh boy, Hikari thought.

"Hey," Hikari interrupted, "Can we do this little scene later? We've got our Halloween special to prepare and we're nowhere near done." Hikaru pouted, but let her continue her work.

"She seems to be recovering exceedingly well," Kyouya said behind Hikaru. He couldn't help but smile.

"Yeah," Hikaru added, "She defiantly seems happier than before."

"Kyouya-senpai," Haruhi intervened, "Hikari is staying in one of your hotels, right?" Kyouya nodded.

"The Ootori group sent them a letter saying that we needed Hikari for a while and that she will be away from their care for a while," He answered.

"That should give us enough time to change guardianship, right?" Kyouya nodded again.

"But Kyouya-senpai," Hikaru whined, "Why doesn't Hikari stay with a host member? Or specifically, me?"

"If Hikari stayed with any of the host members, it could case a disturbance on the host's parent's side," he answered.

"Therefore, causing problems that could negatively affect Hikari," Tamaki finished. Kyouya smiled. Haruhi looked over at Hikari, who was looking at Kaoru and Yumi. They were digging through her photos and laughing at the pictures that Yumi taken for the Halloween special.

"It's a good thing that this special is coming," Haruhi said behind Hikari. Hikari shrugged, trying to hide her smile.

"It's no big deal." Haruhi smiled, staring at her to try to see if she can talk more about what she's thinking. Her stares made Hikari talk.

"It's also really nice that I don't have to do anything in secret anymore." Haruhi began to help her organize her stories, amazed about the words that rested on the page.

"You wrote this all in just a couple of days?" She asked. Hikari nodded.

"Since I don't have to hide, I write constantly. It's so refreshing and…exciting."

"If you think that writing's exciting, wait until you see our costumes." Hikari looked up to see Hikaru looking down at her.

"What are you talking about, Hikaru?" Hikaru moved out of the way for Hikari and Haruhi to see a rack of different costumes. Kaoru picked out something brown and furry.

"This is a werewolf costume that our mother made," he said unfolding it off the hanger. There was less of the costume than Hikari had imagined. There was a pair of jeans that had rips all over. In the tear, little bits of fur were trying to escape as if the bottom half of a werewolf was actually trying to break through. The tail, however, had successfully torn through the back of the jeans.

"Kaoru, that's amazing!" Yumi screamed. Kaoru blushed.

"It wasn't much. Mom did most of the work." He took out a pair of what appeared to be wolf ears. "And then on top, those guys that are going to be a werewolf have to wear these, but they're not allowed to wear a shirt." Hikari and Haruhi noticed that Yumi's eyes were sparkling with joy.

"Which reminds me," Tamaki interrupted, "I have the list of who's going to be what for our Halloween special." From a pocket inside his jacket, Tamaki pulled out a folded piece of paper and cleared his throat.

"For our werewolves, we have Mori-senpai, Honey-senpai, Kaoru, and the one and only, me!" He spun around and stuck a pose, holding his chin with his right hand.

"So then that means," Haruhi began.

"that the other four are vampires?" Hikari finished. The two girls looked at each other and then back at Tamaki.

"This was carefully thought out through how to hide your identities from our lovely guests," Tamaki said, "If you were to be werewolves, you would have to be topless." Hikari shuttered at the thought of being topless.

"Then it's a good thing that you thought that through," Haruhi said out of breath. Hikari noticed that Tamaki's comment knocked the wind out of her and Haruhi.

"Aw man," Hikaru said bringing Hikari to her senses.

"What is it?" She asked, trying to calm down her imagination. Hikaru cupped her right cheek and brought his mouth towards her left ear.

"I was hoping to see those feminine traits that you carry," He purred. Hikari felt a heat wave run up her spine and her face turned bright red. Hikaru chuckled, kissed the slash across her cheek, and went towards the costumes to help Kaoru. Hikari held her cheek, keeping the memory of Hikaru's warm lips against her now scorching hot face.

"Hikari wishes that she can grant Hikaru just that." Hikari jumped in her spot as she whipped her head around to see Yumi glaring at her with a smirk on her face. Hikari wanted to speak, but her voice was shot with the shock that it didn't dare to come out of her throat.

"Yumi-chan," Haruhi said, "Please focus on getting things ready." Yumi pouted and crossed her arms.

"But I'm doing everything can to help. I'm not even a host character." Kaoru placed his hands on her shoulders, which caused her to drop her arms.

"I'll tell you what though," he said, "You can be the head designer and you can tell Natasha what you want where and how it should be placed." Yumi turned around with the stars returning to her eyes.

"Can I make things really scary?" she pleaded lacing her fingers together. Kaoru nodded, which made Yumi scream with joy.

"Kaoru," Kyouya said when Yumi locked herself in the back room, "I thought we agreed that Natasha was going to handle the decoration order." Kaoru wasn't surprised that Kyouya said the last part through his teeth.

"Because, Senpai, I can be with my lovely girl on Halloween and protect her from all of those demons that lurk the earth after the twilight hour." Hikari enjoyed seeing Kyouya frustrated. She couldn't understand why, but all she knew was that Kyouya was upset that his girlfriend had to be put in charge by a high school girl.

"I also believe that you wanted to be there with your girlfriend on the night of Hallows Eve after so many years, Kyouya-senpai," Kaoru added. Kyouya broke his pencil this time, but held back his comments. Hikari looked over at Hikaru who starred at his brother in total amazement.

"What's so shocking?" Hikari asked as she began to carry her first stack of stories to the back room. Hikaru shrugged and gave her a weak smile.

"I've known Kaoru since we were born and I always thought that we were the same and that we'd do everything the same." He sighed and wrapped his arms around Hikari waist, cupping Hikari's head under his chin. "But apparently, we're as different as different can be."

"Just like the stories," Hikari mentioned. She pulled away from Hikaru and looked into his eyes of gold. "In many of the stories about twins, the twins tend to be completely different, but act the same and like to fool other people. You two are like that as well." Hikaru gave her a gentle smile that made Hikari's heart beat against her chest.

"Yeah, I guess your right." Kaoru was calling Hikaru over, which gave Hikari enough time to think.

What's going on here, she thought, That feeling is back…what is it?

"Hikari-chan!" Yumi called out, bringing Hikari out of her own world, "Let's get going!" Hikari continued to carry her stories into the back room and noticed her vampire costume dangling near her changing room

"Oh…no…"

Halloween

Hikari heard nothing all day but the Host club's Halloween special. The girls huddled together praying that something "magical" could happen to them with one of the host member.

"I hope that Tamaki-senpai will give me the 'kiss of death' again," One of them prayed.

"I hope that Kyouya-senpai will just drop his notebook and whisk me away into the night," another one squealed.

"I want Hikaru-kun to protect me rather than Kaoru and tell me how cute I am," the third one wished. Hikari bit her tongue to keep her mouth shut, which created a bitter taste in her mouth.

"I want to see what Hiroki-kun wrote for me," the last one mentioned, "Hopefully it will include a confession and I will have him as my guy!" Hikari couldn't help but to gag. The four girls turned their heads and looked at her with disgust.

"What's your problem?" the first one said coldly. Hikari didn't bother.

"I'm sorry," she said professionally, "There was a bug caught in my throat and I had to get it out." The girls didn't look as if they believed her. They crossed their arms and placed their noses in the air.

"You're just jealous that you're not attending this great party," the third one said. Hikari just shrugged. I'm actually a person in this party, so I'm more involved in it than you can say. As Hikari was about to leave, she bumped into another girl in the doorway.

"Mina!" the second girl screamed, "What took you? There're people waiting here too, you know." Mina rubbed her head and stared at the floor.

"I-I'm sorry," she said softly, "I w-was just t-trying to-"

"To make us late for the Host Club Special? Yeah, we can tell," the fourth said. She flicked her hair and sighed, "Whatever. Just help us get into our costumes." And on cue, the four girls left. Mina was still staring at the floor, her blonde hair falling in front of her face. The headband that was holding her wavy locks back was slipping forward off her head. Hikari took it off and fixed it in her hair. Mina looked up with a surprised look in her light brown eyes.

"Here," Hikari said, "I'm sorry for running into you. That was my fault entirely."

"Oh," she said shaking her head swiftly, "I should have looked at where I was going." Hikari helped her up as the two brushed themselves off. Mina bent down and picked up a red ribbon on the floor. It looked familiar to Hikari, which made her run her fingers through her hair.

"This is yours," Mina said, "Those girls pulled it when they passed on by."

"Thanks," Hikari replied as she took the ribbon and tied it back in her hair. "Are those girls friends of yours?" she asked when she finished. Mina looked back down at the floor.

"I guess," she said.

"What do you mean you 'guess'?" Mina shuffled in her spot.

"It's actually quite embarrassing," she said, "They figured out a secret of mine and they threaten to announce it in the school paper unless I do what they say." There was a pause; the sound of people chattering away echoed through out the halls and classroom of the school.

"I think we should get out of the doorway," Hikari suggested.

"Oh right." Mina moved out of the doorway and went towards one of the large windows that faced the courtyard of Ouran. "I'm sorry."

"For what?" Hikari asked.

"I should have moved out of the doorway," Mina answered. Hikari rubbed the center of her forehead and sighed.

"That wasn't your fault. Students do that all the time." Mina held onto her schoolbag tightly and blushed from embarrassment.

"I'm sorry. I feel that that's all I'm doing. Saying 'sorry'."

"You don't have to," Hikari pointed out.

"Oh no, I have to. If I don't, then my parents become very upset and then they have to apologize. They hate apologizing." Hikari couldn't help but to pity Mina. She looked like a cute little girl in her Ouran uniform. But don't cute little girls get pampered by everyone rather than doing chores? Hikari asked herself. She giggled quietly to herself as an idea came into her head.

"Hey, I've got a question." Mina looked up with a tint of hope in her eyes. "Why don't you come to the host special party?" Mina gasped placing her hand over her mouth, shaking her head furiously.

"No no no no no. I could never do that!"

"What's stopping you?" Hikari questioned.

"Those girls," Mina answered, "They would surely despise me if I went."

"Okay then…What if you got an invitation specifically from a host member?" Mina blushed quickly.

"I've never been in the host club, so no one would know me." Hikari smacked her head and sighed.

"What would encourage you to go?" Hikari asked as her last attempt. Mina placed a finger on her chin and thought about it. Minutes passed before she answered.

"Well…Nothing really. I don't know anyone who likes me that's going, so it doesn't really matter." Hikari finally just gave up.

"Fine, fine. If you don't want to go, then don't go, but you'll just keep being pushed around by those girls." Mina shrugged as she frowned at the marble floor. Hikari said bye and ran off to the host club.

Tamaki was furious when Hikari came in late. He was already in his werewolf costume, ordering the maintenance staff around. The fur coming out Tamaki's jeans matched his hair color pretty accurately.

"HIKARI!" he screamed, "Where have you been? We're opening soon and your not ready!"

"Really, senpai, we've got a lot of time before people start arriving." Hikari and Tamaki turned towards the changing room doors and found Haruhi in her vampire costume. She wore what looked like a classic vampire costume: A Victorian aged tux that had a black cape and a red ribbon instead of a tie. Out of her mouth stuck two little fangs

"Haruhi, you look so cute," Tamaki said holding his face as his body moved in a strange, wiggle form. Haruhi, on the other hand, was not impressed with her appearance.

"These fangs are just too annoying." She poked at one of them. "They feel like…not my teeth."

"Well, isn't that the point?" Kyouya asked. Kyouya entered from the changing room with Natasha running after him. Her hair was up in a bun and her expression was full of frustration.

"Kyouya, you're going to look horrible unless you let me finish," she said. Kyouya didn't speak. Instead he let her fix his cape as he looked on over at Hikari.

"Get changed," He commanded.

"Kyouya, be nice to her," Natasha threatened. Kyouya rolled his eyes and took off the cape. Natasha filled her mouth with air, making her cheeks puff up. "Kyouya, you're so mean!" Hikari couldn't help but to giggle. It was amusing to her to see Natasha acting like a kid to this man who claims that he's "egoistic" (or so Haruhi has told Hikari). Someone began to poke Hikari in the back with something that seemed soft.

"GRR!"

Hikari jumped with laughter, "Honey-senpai, what was that?" Honey smiled.

"I wanted to see if I could scare you," He said. Hikari saw the little pink flowers float above his head. His costume was a little different from the rest. He was a werewolf as Tamaki had announced, but he was in a little kid wolf costume. His hands and feet were covered by cotton and fur. He held his pink rabbit close to him, who wore a pink ribbon around his neck and had little vampire fangs sticking out of it's black mouth.

"Mitsukuni." Hikari looked behind Honey and saw Mori looking…sexy. He wore the werewolf jeans and ears, but his body was breath-taking, even for her. "You forgot your ribbon." Mori tied a pink ribbon around Honey's furry neck.

"Thanks, Takashi."

"Wow, even Hikari is taken away by Mori's appearance." Hikari turned around behind her and saw Kaoru rubbing the back of his head. "I hope you're not going to fall for him and dump Hikaru."

"Like I'm that kind of girl," Hikari said, her cheeks turning a bit pink. Kaoru smiled and placed his hand on her shoulder.

"I know, I'm just teasing. Anyway, you should get into your costume." Hikari looked down at the auburn tail that continuously brushed against her legs.

"Is the changing room empty?" she asked with caution.

"Yep!" Yumi shouted. Hikari glared at the couple questioning their answer.

"Are you sure?"

"Yep," they say together. Hikari planted her feet on the ground, showing that she was not convinced with their answer.

"Don't worry," Natasha said behind Hikari, "Hikaru is getting the candles for the party, so you won't see him." Hikari let out a breath of relief and headed towards the back room. She saw her costume hanging on the railing of the changing room that was normally hers and Haruhi's. Two green ribbons hung on the hanger, one for her neck and the other for her hair. Hikari entered while undoing her uniform when a rustling noise caught her attention. Her heart and body froze together as if trying to blend into the background, but the chuckling that she heard brought her back to life.

"I thought that out were our getting candles," Hikari said through her teeth.

"Well I did get candles…they're stored in this room," Hikaru clarified. Hikari's lips formed tightly together.

"Can you just get out so I can change?" there was no reply. "I said-" and before she could finish her answer, Hikaru had pinned her to the mirror of the dressing room. The mirror was sharp and cold against her bare back, making draw a quick breath. "Hikaru!" she screamed in a whisper. Hikaru placed his cold finger on her warm lips.

"Shh, it must be silent for me to draw your sweet blood with my mouth," he said, tracing his tongue on the tips of his top teeth. Hikari swallowed hard not knowing what to feel. He's not serious…is he? She thought to herself. Her breathing began to pick up the pace as he lowered his head down to her neck, his warm breath making bumps appear on her skin. Hikari shut her eyes tightly, waiting for him to place his mouth over her neck. But he didn't. She opened her eyes and found Hikaru looking in the direction of the door.

"Tsk," he said in a whisper, "I guess I couldn't eat my victim today." He turned around and faced Hikari with a smirk. "I plan to taste you sweet blood soon enough. Just be patient until then." Hikari felt her face fluster as he left the back room, his cape tracing after him.

"OO THAT HIKARU!" She screamed as she got ready, "Why does he always do the weirdest things?!" She was about to placed her green ribbon around her neck when there was a gentle knock on the door.

"Hikari?" Haruhi called, "Is it safe to come in?"

"Oh, Haruhi," Hikari said exhaling in relief, "Yeah, come in." Haruhi quietly closed the door behind her.

"Hikaru seemed a little bummed when he got out of the room," she said, "Do you know what happened?"

"By 'happened' do you mean that he was trying to suck my blood like a real vampire? Then yes, something happened."

"He wouldn't, would he?" Haruhi questioned, "But Hikaru wouldn't do that."

"Oh yes he would," Hikari protested, "He wanted to see what my blood tasted like and all that stuff."

"But that's gross," Haruhi said, "And that would hurt…a lot."

"I agree," Hikari said, "But Kaoru, Yumi, and Natasha led me to believe that Hikaru was NOT in the changing room, when he really was."

"Why would they do that?" Haruhi asked. Hikari shrugged.

"It doesn't matter anyway. Let's just get this special over with." She was about to tie the ribbon on when Haruhi stopped her.

"Natasha wanted you to wear your red ribbon tonight, so switch with me." Hikari didn't hesitate on the switch.

"I think you look better in red than I do," Haruhi commented. Hikari smiled.

"Alright, let's do this."