C-H-A-N: Hey guys! So this is the last written chapter I have, but if we have school off tomorrow, which I'm hopeful for since it's supposed to snow from 10 am today to 4am tomorrow, then I should be able to finish the next chapter that is half way done... Or work on it during school today XD Anyways... I hope you guys like this chapter! This is one of my least favorite parts to write for Ouran fics, because I never quite know what to do with my character(s), so please let me know if I did okay with it! Reviews of any type are warmly welcomed!~ And if anyone has any questions about Ace or Yuki, or this story, don't hesitate to ask me.
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\Chapter Twenty-One/
"There you Ace!" I turned my attention away from my soaked through shorts, and onto the girl who had yelled out to me. Yuki came to a halt, not running away from me anymore, and heaved a sigh of relief. "Where have you and Yuki been? And why are you so wet?" I forced myself to give her a polite smile, hadn't she ever heard of personal space?
"We decided to take a walk down the beach for some alone time, and to get away from the commotion earlier. And on our way back Yuki decided it would be a good idea to splash me with water, thoroughly soaking me. I had almost caught him when you came over." The girl gave me a smile, while her face became very red; she was probably envisioning Yuki and I doing something like what the twins would pull. She gave a quiet squeal before she ran off to where a few other girls were standing.
"And where did you two run off to?" I jumped in shock as Kyouya's cool voice entered my ears. I shifted my eyes over to where he was standing, next to Yuki. Meanwhile Yuki was inching towards Kyouya, and I bet she was planning on using him as a shield if I decided to try and soak her.
"Like I said, we took a walk. And then Yuki soaked me with water." I gave her a pointed look, letting her know that I was still annoyed. Kyouya gave me a disbelieving look, before he left to do whatever it is Kyouya does. I started walking towards Yuki, when she took off running. She reached where Haruhi and Takashi were standing, and proceeded to hide behind Haruhi. I paused upon seeing that Takashi was holding a harpoon, which looked extremely sharp.
"Uh… Any reason you're holding a harpoon Takashi?" Takashi stood up to his full height, before he glanced over to me and nodded. I watched him walk off, wondering if I should be worried about him or not.
"I'm going to go get more food for dinner, before the hosts start bothering me again." I nodded, making my way over to Yuki, who had a creepy grin on her face.
"Uh… You okay Yuki?" She suddenly jumped up, surprised from being broken out of her own thoughts. After a few moments of silence between us she started to grin creepily again, before muttering out,
"Yes. I'm just going to go find Mori and that harpoon of his." I raised an eyebrow at her statement, before latching onto the back of her shirt. "Aw come on Ace! It's not like I'll kill anyone…. Just physically harm Kyouya. And maybe Tamaki…. And the twins. Okay so maybe you shouldn't let go after all." I sigh while shaking my head.
"I'm pretty sure that with how sharp that harpoon was they wouldn't live if you attacked them." I latched onto her arm, tugging her over to Kyouya. "Kyouya, you might want to keep an eye on her, and make sure she doesn't get her hands on Takashi's harpoon, while I go change into dry clothes." Kyouya gave Yuki an odd glance before stating,
"I had all of your and Yuki's things moved from the hotel to my house. You'll have to go there to change." I gave an annoyed sigh, before I turned around to walk away. "Oh and there aren't any maids here at the moment, so you'll have to find your room on your own. Is that okay Ace-senpai?" I froze once Kyouya's words escaped his mouth. Turning around I gave him a tense nod, and a cold smile.
"Of course it is Kyouya, why wouldn't it be?" I then turned around angrily, and made my way to his house, or rather mansion. A chill went through my back as I entered the building, as my wet clothing stuck tightly to my body insisting on making me even colder. I wandered around the house for a good twenty minutes, all the while cursing Kyouya and muttering about how he just wanted to be alone with Yuki, before I finally found the room where all my clothing had been put. I continued to mutter to myself, the cold had made me rather grumpy, as I made my way over to my suitcase. Seeing as nobody else was in the building currently, I peeled off my wet clothes, tossing them into the bathroom. I then started digging through my suitcase, as I stood in my still wet bathing suit, trying to find a piece of non-feminine clothing. After a few minutes of digging I found what was meant to be my pajamas: a massive over-sized shirt I had stolen from my brother, and a pair of loose hanging sweat pants. I grabbed my clothes as well as undergarments, and a towel. I had decided to take a shower to warm up, it wasn't like the hosts would notice if I took an extra ten minutes, right? Fifteen minutes later I was navigating myself out of the mansion, only getting lost once. I made my way back to the beach, noticing that the sun was going to set pretty soon. I kept a slow pace, until I saw two people falling over the edge of a large cliff like rock. I gave a gasp of horror, before I ran in that direction. As I made it to the bottom of the cliff, I saw the twins beating up two men. I glanced over at Yuki in confusion when I heard Kyouya's cool clipped voice, coated in anger.
"I'm going to have to ask for your ID's, and that you leave quietly." I quickly took notice of the dark look on Kyouya's face, and was very glad that I wasn't on the receiving end of the look. The two men recoiled, before shakily handing Kyouya their ID's, before the private police escorted the men out in a 'gentle' manor. I watched, still confused, as the twins, Takashi, Honey, and Kyouya headed down to the beach. It was then that I noticed that both Haruhi and Tamaki weren't with the group, and that there was a grave silence hanging in the air. In a moment in clicked in my mind. I hoped I was wrong, and the two figures I saw hadn't been Tamaki and Haruhi. My voice shook lightly as the panic creped in,
"Yuki…. What happened?" She shook her head lighty, before answering in a soft tone,
"There was a fight, those men were harassing Haruhi and a few other girls. Haruhi tried to protect them, but in the end she got thrown off the cliff. Tamaki jumped after her, to try and save her. Then the twins started to beat up those idiots, and soon the rest of us got here, then you came." A swift swore escaped my lips. I had missed so much, just because I had decided to take a shower. If I hadn't made that choice then maybe I could have helped Haruhi out. I might not have been as skilled as Honey, or Takashi, when it came to fighting, but at least I had some skills. Yuki gave me a quick pat on the back, attempting to give me some type of comfort. "Come on Ace, we should catch up to the others and check on Haruhi." I nodded my head in a blank manor, extremely worried about Haruhi. As we approached the others, we heard Tamaki ask,
"Where are they?" Kyouya was the first to answer, his voice firm and calm as he answered Tamaki's question,
"We've kept their ID cards, and respectfully asked them to leave. The girls went back to the hotel. I've called a doctor, who should be here shortly." I could feel the blood leave my face, and a shudder rush through my body. I really didn't like doctors. I was ten times worse than any little kid when it came time to going to the doctors, my mother had to bribe me every time I had a check up.
"Thank you." Tamaki placed Haruhi carefully down on the ground, in a very slow manner, as he spoke to Kyouya.
"I'm all right. I don't need a doctor." I glanced over at Haruhi, my eyes scanning over her body, checking to see if she had any outside damage. I didn't see any, but that didn't mean there wasn't any internal damage. I might hate doctors, but I still wanted one to come check on Haruhi, if there was any damage, it might not be noticed until it was too late.
"Are you one of those? Actually a martial arts master, like Hone-senpai? How could you think that you, a girl could do anything against those boys!" I fought off the urge to give Tamaki a dark glare. Just because she's a girl doesn't mean anything. While I might agree that it was a bad idea for one, untrained, person to try and hold off two fully grown men, it had nothing to do with the fact that Haruhi was a girl.
"It had nothing to do with being a boy or a girl. I was just there, and didn't have time to think about anything like-" Tamaki cut Haruhi off mid-sentence in a sharp, stern voice,
"Well think about it, you idiot! You are a girl!" This time I didn't hold back my glare, it had nothing to do with the fact she was a girl, if she was trained in some way then it wouldn't make a difference what her gender is. I nearly blurted this out, before thinking it over and deciding that this was an argument that was between Haruhi and Tamaki, and that none of us should get involved. I gently hit Yuki in the side as I noticed she was about to chew out Tamaki, before whispering a soft,
"Later Yuki." She grimaced, before reluctantly nodding her head 'okay'.
"I will apologize for making you come after me, but I can't understand any other reason why you'd be mad at me. I haven't done anything wrong." I gave an unnoticeable sigh, and shook my head softly. The only reason Tamaki was so upset is because she worried everyone, and she didn't even seem to notice. Haruhi might have been a brilliantly smart person, but she was lacking in people skills; as most brilliant people do.
"You haven't, huh? Then you go right ahead. I'm not speaking to you again until you admit you were wrong!" I sighed, already knowing that this was going to backfire on Tamaki, and he was going to be the upset one, not Haruhi. Tamaki then started off towards Kyouya's mansion. The rest of us followed him, all of us in an awkward, tense, silence until we reached the mansion.