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Chapter 21

Satsui stared at Haruhi from the other side of the table; his eyes shinned with a hunger, Haruhi had never seen before. The food in front of them looked delicious, but she didn't dare to take anything.

"Please, dig in" Satsui said and gestured toward the food. The dices really did look amazing and she hadn't eaten in a while. She couldn't keep herself from reaching out and grab a piece of bread, just one. She hadn't eaten in over a day and she was starving.

She took a little bite, and chewed it.

The bread was still hot and soft. It was surely the best bread she had ever had, she took another bite, and another. She couldn't stop herself from trying something else. Her gaze flickered over the food, to decide what to eat next. The chicken looked well, so she swiped it off the plate and began to eat. Forgot all about manners and fears.

Satsui looked at her, with one eyebrow lifted and tried to hold a laugh back.

She kept eating. It was so good.

"I love a girl with appetite," He said and smirked.

That stopped her. She let go of the chicken between her fingers, and it landed softly on the plate. Her cheeks turned red in embarrassment and she hurried to wipe her mouth.

"Don't worry," He said, "I don't mind, just eat – it's very entertaining"

Her blush grew wider and she tried to avoid his gaze. His glare was just as intense as Takao's (much more terrifying though).

"You know," Satsui said and supported his head on the fist, "you're much cuter, then that Aya-girl"

Haruhi focused on her plate and tried to stop her cheeks from burning. She closed her eyes and tried to think of something else. She didn't want his admiration, she wanted … Hikaru.

A gunshot resounded from the outside, which made both herself and Satsui lift their heads in surprise.

"What was that?" Haruhi whispered.

"Maybe some intruders," Satsui mumbled like he couldn't care less, "just ignore it"

Haruhi felt a little sparkle of hope shine in her. Had they come for her? She felt a little happy inside, but then she thought it trough and her smile faded … what if they had come alone (it sounded like them; reckless), what if some of her friends were in danger and what if … they were ...

... Killed

Honey guided the group inside of the big entrance. His eyes filled with pain and worry.

"Honey," Tamaki said and laid a hand on his shoulder, "He'll be okay"

"But … he looked like he was in so much trouble – the men were really skilled, I think I would have had a hard time too"

"Don't worry," Tamaki said half-hearted. He knew Honey was right, the men had been really skilled and Mori would have a hard time – he thought back on what had just happed;

"Stop right there!" One of the guards said, and raised his gun, but Mori kept walking, "One more step and I'll shot!"

Mori took another step.

The guard didn't even hesitate to shoot. The shot thundered out. Everyone in the host club yelled Mori's name out in shock.

First seconds later they realized that Mori had jumped and avoided the bullet. The guards got surprised too – and they also realized the little crowd.

"Brat!" The shooter said and smirked, "The next one won't miss and your friends is next!"

Mori didn't waste any time, he ran forward and clenched his fist to hit, but suddenly the targets disappeared. He hesitated for just a second, but it was enough.

A leg from above hit him in the back of his head and slammed him to the ground, face first, he gasped when his body hit the ground and all air were pressed out of his lungs.

"Left! Left!" He heard Takao shout and he threw his body to the left, before a fist were slammed into the ground, right were his stomach had been only seconds ago. The hit made the dirt fly to the sides.

Takao was about to run out to help him, but he felt a small hand clench around his shirt. He turned his head and looked down at the small blonde. His head were bowed and his hair hid his eyes.

"The fight inside will be much worse Takao, we have to trust him and get Haru-chan" He clenched his teeth. Takao looked at him for a second, but then he nodded and they began to guide the others around the fight, to the entrance...

Tamaki came back to reality when Takao hit him on the shoulder.

"Come on, we're in a hurry," He said and yanked Tamaki a little forward. He hurried to follow.

Takao and Honey guided the group forward in the shadows. While they tried to avoid any fight's.

There were small groups of guards everywhere, but they just stood and talked or fought each other, and how could you blame them, it most be pretty boring to just stand, when there were no intruders (that they knew of).

But of course the obvious problem happened.

"Which way now?" Kaoru asked and looked trough the 3 ways. The long way they had been followed had split in tree, and all tree ways looked alike.

"Should we split up?" Tamaki asked.

"NO!" Takao said and hugged Aya.

"NO!" Hikaru said and hugged Kaoru.

"Yes," Honey said, - like it didn't matter what the other though at all.

"I'll go with Aya, I can protect her!" Takao said fast. Aya was about to say something about ´over protective´, but Takao hurried to say, "and we're a good team!"

"I'm going with Kaoru and I don't care what you say," Hikaru said and hugged Kaoru tighter. Kaoru made a little smile and nodded in agreement.

That would make Tamaki and Honey the last team.

"No," Honey said, "Then your team wouldn't have a trained leader –" Honey said and gestured to the twins.

"We're strong!" They echoed offended.

"We should only split into two teams, so every team have a trained team-captain" Honey said professionally, "We wont be able to take all tree ways, but I think we should try – that means Hikaru goes on Takao's team and Kaoru goes on my –"

"No!" The twins said angrily, "We don't want to split up!"

"We don't have time for discussion!" Honey said irritated and impatient, "You two can't fight together ... and win!"

"Yes we can!" The twins said stubbornly again and crossed their arms.

"Just let them go," Takao said impatient, him and Aya were already beginning to walk trough the hall - farthest to the left.

"They'll be fine!" Tamaki said too and dragged Honey with him trough the middle hall. Honey was about to argue, but Hikaru and Kaoru were already down the right hall.

"Be careful!" They yelled and waved at Honey, which sighed and gave up.

"Were did your appetite go?" Takao asked, when Haruhi again rejected her food. She sat and stared worried at the door – almost waiting for it to slam up, and see her friends run in, with brushes and wounds on their bodies and giant weapons in their hands.

Satsui began to get annoyed by her silent.

"Please answer me when I'm talking to you," He said and eyed her. Her reaction was only a nod and his mouth became a thin stripe, "Didn't you hear me?"

"Yes," Haruhi said quiet.

"You should be more grateful," He said and rose from his chair, "but if you rather want the leftovers in your cell –"

"No" Haruhi hurried to say.

"And now you interrupt me!" He said and a smirk appeared on his lips. He played with her.

"I-I'm sorry," Haruhi said. She watching closely, while he began to walk nearer and nearer to her seat.

The twins ran trough the hall. They kept in the shadows like before, and tried to be extra cautious this time – they knew that Honey had been right, they wouldn't have a chance, if the opponent was as good as the one Mori had fought (or still fought).

"This is like a labyrinth," Kaoru mumbled annoyed, "and we have no clue what we're looking for"

"Well …" Hikaru mumbled. "Just look for anything suspicious"

"Like what? A sign?" Kaoru joked.

"Yeah something like that," Hikaru mumbled with a smile.

Kaoru eyes Hikaru for a second, then he clenched his fist and sighed.

"Um …" He began, "by the way Hikaru – I have something to tell you … I have been lying to you, ONCE!" He said it as quickly as he could.

"What?" Hikaru said surprised and stopped walking, "About what?"

"Do you remember when you found me and I was … beaten up?" Kaoru mumbled – he waited for Hikaru to agree, but Hikaru didn't say a word, "I told you I didn't remember anything, but I actually did … and if I had just told you, all this could have been avoided"

"Is that why you have been silent all day?" Hikaru mumbled and walked up by Kaoru's side.

"You noticed?" Kaoru murmured and looked down.

"Of course I did," Hikaru said and stared blankly ahead, "You're my brother"

Kaoru felt a little pain in his chest.

"You're not angry?" Kaoru asked quietly.

"Oh, I'm furious!" Hikaru said, and tried to control his temper, "but this is not the best place to shout, right?" He said and gestured around.

"I'm sorry," Kaoru mumbled and chewed on his lip, "You don't know how hard it was to keep anything from you"

"Just tell me, how bad can it be?" Hikaru said and tried to control his emotions. Kaoru always told him everything and the other way around too. He had a mixed felling of hurt and betrayal, but he was also curious.

"I have no idea why I hid this," Kaoru said with a pained voice, "It's neither a secret or something that could hurt anybody, but –" Hikaru's curiosity grew, "I met Aya when I was out on the scooter, she was in a park ... she was about to being captured of ´the Abandoned´ and I tried to help her … but I was too weak and lost … as you saw" He made a false laughter, but Hikaru didn't find it amusing.

"Then she asked me to help her – just before … you know by the bushes" Hikaru nodded in agreement. He talked about Aya's tunnel in the bushes, which Kaoru had helped find.

"She whispered something to me," Kaoru said, "she said, ´why are you lying´, and I told her I didn't know what she meant. She said ´I knew it was you in the park´, and I remember being surprised that she didn't think it was you – I mean it was dark, and she could still remember it was me. That means she can tell us apart. That is great right, another person that can tell us apart-"

"You're changing the subject," Hikaru interrupted angrily. His temper grew every second.

"Sorry," Kaoru said and looked away, "but I told her I didn't know what she was talking about, and she said ´I can see right trough you, why didn't you give Takao my message, it could have given him peace in mind. Instead you made him suffer´" Kaoru stopped talking, and had to support against the wall.

"Then what?" Hikaru said and ignored Kaoru's discomfort.

"She told me that she tried to escape after the park too, she got out trough the bathroom and …" Kaoru's voice got weak, "if I had just given Takao the message, then he could have gotten her by some tree …"

"Tree? What was the message?" Hikaru asked wondering.

"It was ´the flowers is blooming´ or something like that," Kaoru mumbled, "she meant a Sakura tree (a tree with pink flowers) … and it was also their meeting place, he could have gotten her already and they could have escaped and ´the Abandoned´ would give up and … Haruhi wouldn't get caught … it's my fault"

Hikaru had to swallow every word. He couldn't believe his own ears.

"Why?" He mumbled and then halted to a stop, Kaoru stopped too and finally looked at Hikaru "Why didn't you –" He pounced his fist into the wall, just inches from Kaoru's cheek, "Why didn't you tell him? Why didn't you … at least –" Hikaru lowered his head, so his hair covered his eyes, "why couldn't you at least tell me?"

"Hikaru I'm so –" Kaoru began, but got interrupted by running steps nearby.

"I heard something over here!" A deep voice said and more footsteps echoed in the hall.

Uh oh ... Hikaru and Kaoru are in trouble in more than one way!

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