Ah. It seems as though my last chapter has caused a bit of an uproar. I didn't really think that many people would seriously hate it ^-^; Whoops. Well, I hope this chapter is a bit better and explain a little more on what happened last chapter. (Yes, yes. I realize I dropped a huge and unexpected bomb on you all with Kyoya kissing Chiya. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.)

KakuNoDaisuki: Oh, I'm sorry you did not like it :( I totally agree with you though. What details do I need to include more often? Ah there's a reason Chiya shrugged off the kiss and I shall explain this chapter. I don't know about the 'liking Tamaki' thing. Everyone seemed to think that Chiya liked Tamaki (I did not originally intend for her to like Tamaki romantically) and so I wanted to crush all hopes for ChiyaXTamaki because I am in love with HaruhixTamaki. It's sort of necessary, but at the same time, not very necessary.Don't apologize! I'm glad you gave me this insightful review!

Guest: Ah? Are you talking about the kiss between Kyoya and Chiya or Masuyo transferring? Either way, I hope you keep reading to find out what happens!

Chiya

After Masuyo had come to, she only stuttered nonsense.

"Onee-sama, are you sure that's such a good idea?" I asked.

"I'm sorry Chiya-chan. I know how close you and Masuyo-chan are, but I believe this will be beneficial for her."

"B-But-" Masuyo stuttered.

"Mas-chan! Talk!" Hana exclaimed, slapping Masuyo on the back. As Hana slapped her back, the words seemed to come back to Masuyo.

"But, sibling-san! What about the Geisha Club!? My classes?! What about my friends?!"

"Masuyo-chan, Lobelia offers an amazing fashion design program. Our parents would be ecstatic to learn that we're taking fashion classes. Also, if we go to Lobelia, there's a chance that we'll get to have classes together!" Ren gave Masuyo an imploring look. Masuyo could not think of a response, so she went back to stuttering.

"The Geisha Club." The twins hissed to her.

"OH! What about the Geisha Club?! I know that they don't have anything like that at Lobelia!"

"If you really like dressing up, then join the Zuka Club. I hear that girls scramble to make lunches for them. You won't ever have to pack a lunch for school!"

"No, no, no! It's not the same!" Masuyo exclaimed.

"Fair maiden, it'd truly be an honor for you to join us." Benibara said.

"My friends..." Masuyo said.

"I'm sure you'll make lots of new friends at Lobelia!" Ren said.

"You already have me, Nishimura-san!" Hinako said. "We're in the same grade!"

"See! You're already making friends!" Ren said. "Please, Masuyo-chan. It'd be nice if you joined me."

"..." Masuyo was speechless.

"What do you say?" Ren asked. Defeated, Masuyo sighed.

"Okay..."

"What?!" I exclaimed.

"Great!" Ren grabbed Masuyo in for a hug. I was dumbfounded. What was school going to be like without Masuyo?

"I have to get my stuff from Ouran..." Masuyo said.

"No need! I have it taken care of!" Ren said. "Come on, let's go sign the last of the admission papers!" Ren dragged off Masuyo with the Zuka Club closely following behind. Benibara turned back and gave Tamaki and me a smirk before turning her head.

School was quiet without Masuyo around. Everything just seemed dull and gray. Even the twins did not have the desire to mess with me anymore, making life ten times more boring. A couple days after Masuyo left , I woke up and went to school, as usual. I walked into the classroom and said,

"Masu-chan! I watched-" I stopped. I keep on forgetting that she did not go to Ouran anymore.

"You watched last night's Pokepower Rangers episode, didn't you?" The twins asked.

"Yeah..."

"We finally watched it last night after Masuyo-chan-"

"-had pestered us about it for weeks."

"Wow. You jerks. I at least humored Masu-chan by watching Pokepower Rangers a couple days after she asked me to, but you jerks took weeks."

"Yeah, at least we're not sluts." The twins said together.

A silence passed through us and then we all sighed simultaneously.

"It's just not the same without Masu-chan..." I said.

"Yeah..."

Masuyo

I put on the Lobelia uniform for the first time on the day I was forced to go to Lobelia. I hate to admit it, but it kind of fit me. I looked over to a chair that I had hung that puffy yellow dress that I was so used to. I threw out a wistful sigh as I remembered I would not ever be returning there.

"Miss Masuyo. It is time to depart for school." My butler said.

"I'm coming, Kyou. I'm coming." I picked up my book bag and walked slowly out the door. "I already miss them..."

I arrived at school and walked through the gates of Lobelia. I found a welcome party waiting for me, with the Zuka Club in the front.

"Ah! My dear maiden! Welcome to our majestic school." Benibara bowed to me and kissed my hand. "And a warm welcome to our humble Zuka Club, as well."

"Yeah. Thanks." I said flatly. A gasp went through the crowd and I started to receive glares. I tensed up at the atmosphere and quickly said, in my Geisha persona, "I mean, thank you for being so generous as to set up this lovely welcoming for me!" I smiled (fakely).

"It is no problem, at all! Ren has assured us that you are a fine young lady and to expect only the best from you!"

"Hinako-chan, please be sure to make sure Masuyo-chan gets settled in at Lobelia."

"Yes, Benio."Hinako bowed slightly to Benibara.

Hinako was an okay guide for me. Everyday, she would guide me to my classes, even if she wasn't in it. She seemed to know where everything was and who everyone was, despite being a freshman.

I was quite impressed with Lobelia. The teaching standards were just as high as at Ouran. Of course, it was still easy for me.

Everyone was nice to me, and I knew the reason why. It was because I was a part of the Zuka Club. It was like this for me at Ouran, but it seemed more natural there, since I earned my spot at the Geisha Club. The 'prestigious' spot in the Zuka Club was just given to me. It didn't seem right.

I did get to have classes with Ren, a slight bit of happiness for me. We shared a fashion design class and other random classes. Ren was fun to have around in class, like I assumed. But even Ren didn't make me totally happy like she used to.

Ren was just as popular with the girls as she was at Ouran. Her charm had not faded, unlike mine.

Even after Hinako left me because she was told her job of being tour guide for me was finished by Benibara about a week after I started Lobelia, I was still surrounded by girls who were impressed by my position in the Zuka Club.

It was a bad idea to leave me alone, though, because two days after Hinako left me by myself, I got in trouble with some girls. It went something like this:

"Can anyone tell me what is the best outfit to wear houndstooth?" The teacher asked. I raised my hand.

"A business-casual look."

"Very good, Nishimura-san." The teacher said. Ren gave me a big smile.

"Houndstooth is a very busy pattern. How could you say that it is good for business?" One girl sneered at me.

"That is why I said business-casual. Houndstooth could be applied to a business outfit by only using it as an accent, such as a scarf or tunic underneath a solid, neutral color jacket." The girl pursed her lips at my response. She knew it was good and so did I.

At break, she came up to give me and the group of girls surrounding me, along with her own posse.

"So, Nishimura-san. I heard that you were in this thing called a Geisha Club. Could you tell me more about that?" She put on a smile.

"Oh! A Geisha Club! How nice that sounds, what did you do for them?" A girl asked.

"Is it like the Zuka Club?"

"Kind of, I guess. We both dress up a lot. We entertain guys by talking to them, hanging out with them, and stuff like that. Sometimes we have themes and even do joint events with the Host Club!" My voice started to rise with excitement. The girls gasped.

"Y-You interacted with the Host Club?!"

"How scandalous!"

"What?" I asked.

"Those dirty men should not even touch the girls they brainwash!"

"Also, did you really entertain high school boys?"

"High school boys are such animals! I'm refuse to be with such ruffians!"

"They're not that bad." I said. "They're actually a lot of fun! Sometimes I would go paintballing with some of them and-" They gasped again.

"You are with them outside of school, as well!?"

"Yes?"

"And engage in activities like 'paintballing'?!"

"Yeah?..."

"Uhm... Nishimura-san... I have something to do now..." One girl said. The others gave small nods and murmurings of agreement as they slowly backed away.

"That girl is truly strange!" I heard one whisper.

"Well, great. Now, I'm all alone."

After that, it was all downhill for me. I found my indoor slippers stolen and in the school fountain, my desk drawn upon with vulgar man part drawings, and worse yet, someone etched 'man-lover' with a sharp object into my book bag. When I was walking into the courtyard, someone threw eggs down at me and yelled,

"You are not fit for Benibara-sama! Man lover!"

Since I did not have a change of clothes, I walked around in my egg-soiled uniform.

"Masuyo-chan, what is that on your uniform?"Ren asked, as I entered fashion design class.

"Nothing. I just had trouble making breakfast this morning..."

"You don't like eggs in the morning."

"I thought I would try something different, for once, okay?!" I exclaimed.

"Masuyo-chan. What's wrong?"

"..."

"You want to go back to Ouran, don't you?" I didn't say nor do anything. "Masuyo-chan, I was selfish."

"Huh? No, you weren't, sibling-san!"

"No, Masuyo-chan. I was. I hoped that you would enjoy Lobelia as much as I did. But, I see now that we are different."

"No, I like it here, sibling-san! I like being able to have classes with you! And I get to see you much more than I did at Ouran."

"You like it, but don't love it."

"..."

"Masuyo-chan, tell me. Do you want to go back to Ouran?"

Chiya

Today, we had our first Geisha Club without Masuyo. The Geisha Club was out for about a week since we had to distribute Masuyo's customers amongst ourselves. We lost a lot of profit from the time that we did not sponsor an event.

It was busier and more stressful because of the extra load of customers. It did not help my mental condition. Without Masuyo, no one did anything out of the ordinary. Hana even dulled without Masuyo.

I hated the dullness.

Time did not pass fast enough for the Geisha Club event to end. It was like everyone was in a mourning from Masuyo's absence.

Along with that, I still had that moment stuck in my head. I didn't have anyone to talk about the kiss to. I knew Hana would not understand, Rui would probably bluntly state the obvious, and my senior Geishas would probably be too shocked that I actually kissed Kyoya to give me any worthwhile advice. Masuyo would have given me humor to shed on the situation and advice that I could actually work with.

The next day at school, I trudged to the Geisha clubroom to do some paperwork and was soon stopped by Mark, who shouted out,

"Chiya! Wait!" I stopped and turned to him.

"Yes, nii-chan?"

"I just thought it would be nice to hang out together before school started."

"Oh, that sounds nice..." We walked together quietly, as if to not disturb each others' thoughts. I looked over to Mark. It looked like he was building up the nerve to say something.

"Chiya."

"Yes, nii-chan?"

"I'm not going to ask if there is something wrong, because I know there is."

"There's nothing wrong, nii-chan."

"I know what happened!" He blurted out. My eyes widened as his face turned red.

"Y-You don't mean-"

"Yeah... I got lost and wanted to ask for help getting to the kitchen when I saw what happened." Mark was now the color of a tomato. I was shocked and embarrassed at the same time. "Do you like Kyoya in that way?"

"No, I do not think so."

"Huh?! Surely you two must like each other since that kiss was so-" He coughed. "-passionate..."

"I don't like Kyoya-chan in that way and I know that Kyoya-chan does not like me in that way."

"How can you be so sure and how come you are just brushing it off as if nothing happened?"

"Because I know that he didn't mean it in a romantic way. He was just helping me."

"What d you mean? And how can you be so sure, anyway?"

"Can you keep a secret?"

"Does it involve Kyoya?"

"Yes?"

"Then I'd rather not know."

"Huh? Why?" Mark gave me an apprehensive look.

"...Never mind. What is it?"

"When Kyoya-chan was about thirteen and I was about twelve, both of our families were looking into a partnership with a certain family with a daughter and son both about sixteen. It was obvious that the girl favored Kyoya-chan and the boy liked me. Our families hit a rough patch with the other family and it seemed this important business deal was not going to happen.

Even at that age, I was aware of how most business deals were made. Through physical attraction. Since Sebastian-nii-san was so much older than me, ten years to be exact, he was very experienced in the business world and informed me how it worked. Of course, he did not tell me of the emotion damage that comes with ruining innocence.

Without the knowledge of the damage that comes from the absence of innocence, I told Kyoya-chan about my plan. He strongly opposed me carrying out the plan and told me to forget about it. He left that night with the intent to carry out my plan for himself."

"He-He-"

"That's right. Kyoya-chan seduced that seventeen-year-old with no problems. Kyoya-chan was quite mature back then, much like he is now. It wasn't that hard for him."

"Isn't that illegal?! Using a minor to have sex to get a business deal. I'm pretty sure that is exploiting children! Shouldn't his parents get in trouble for that?!"

"No, nii-chan." I said. "It's not if the child willingly does it out of his own accord.

"T-That's horrible. T-That's inhumane. T-That's-"

"That's business." I said solemnly. "I noticed how Kyoya-chan wasn't himself. He would put up a front in the presence of others, but he seemed even more distant when we were alone. He looked so alone because he didn't have anyone to confide his feelings with. I didn't realize it. I felt guilty for talking about it so lightly. I mean, if it affects Kyoya-chan, it must have been something totally different.

Ever since then, I've wanted to find a more moral and less corrupt way of doing business dealings. The Geisha Club helps with that. I still use physical attraction, but in a less destructive way than selling one's everything to another."

"Even still why did he do that?"

"He did it to help me. Not having my first kiss was holding me back as a Geisha. I knew it, but I didn't do anything about it."

"Did the family at least partner with your families? Also, how do you know that he didn't mean it in a different way?"

"Of course. The girl convinced her parents to be business partners with us.

This is how I know that love that comes from emotions and the heart probably don't exist with Kyoya-chan. I think that all he cares about now is outdoing or at least keeping up with his older brothers. Being the youngest in such an important family like the Ootoris means that expectations are held over your head, where it is almost impossible to reach."

"Do you have to live up to high expectations as well?"

"No, ever since Sebastian-nii-san died, I've become the only legal heir to the Zhang business. The only one who could be a potential heir is you, nii-chan, and I don't think that is very likely."

"Haha, you're probably right. I'm fine with that though. I don't want anything that comes from my pops." I laughed.

"I guess your blood is enough." I said, kidding around with a straight face.

"I don't suppose I can become a vampire to get rid of his blood, could I?" We both laughed. "Chiya, are you feeling better now?"

"Yes, thank you. Nii-chan. It helps to have someone to talk to." Just then, the bell rang, signaling for class to start. "Man, I didn't get to work on paperwork."

"Is that really a shame?" Mark asked. I laughed again.

"I have to do it, nii-chan."

"I'm just saying. I know how much of a pain it is. It sucks."

"Haha, bye, nii-chan." I walked off to class, in better spirits. I walked into the classroom and called out to the twins, "Hey, losers. Did you do homework last-" There was a crowd of people around one desk. A desk that had previously been empty for a while. I dropped my book bag and my classmates looked at me and cleared a path for me to the desk.

"Hi, hi, Cha-chan!" Masuyo waved at me, in the poofy yellow dress that meant she was a part of Ouran, once again. My eyes started to water.

"Masu-chan!" I ran over and gave a big hug. "Please don't ever leave again!"

"I won't, Cha-chan. I 'm here to stay." Masuyo gave me a big smile. All the while, I could not stop bawling my eyes out from happiness.

"You're such a loser." The twins said. They couldn't hide their happiness, either. They had huge smiles on both of their faces.