THANK YOU EVERYONE! Another Chance won Ouran High School Host Club Best FanFiction of 2012. I want to say thank you to all of my readers and supporters. I couldn't have done it without you!
A/N: Well it looks like progress is being made with Tamaki (we will see if it actually lasts), and Haruhi and Mori know where they stand with each other. Now everyone raise your hand if you want to see that video. I know you can't see it, but both of my hands are up. I see it in my head, but I would love to pop it up on my TV. LOL. Pause, rewind, and replay… over and over again. Enjoy the new chapter. THANK YOU AGAIN EVERYONE FOR EVERYTHING!
Chapter 25 – I Have an Idea, Cosplay!
"HARUHI!" Tamaki screamed across the courtyard of Ouran as he saw his little girl walking towards the building to begin her day.
Hearing the cry of the king calling her name, she dropped her bag and got ready to take care of business if needed. Haruhi had woken up in a good mood that morning, not that it was hard to do after she received a confession from Mori and watched a hilarious home video. She was on cloud nine and enjoying every minute of it. She allowed her thoughts to wander to him and the previous night as she walked to school.
"MY DAUGHTER! Oh how I missing you," Tamaki gushed as he approached the object of his attention and immediately pulled her into a hug. He had gone too long without pulling her into his arms and the temptation was just too great, it was like a drug addict needing a fix. Forgetting all previous warning and flights of pain, he swung her around barely registering the fact that she was talking to him.
Haruhi knew that Tamaki would forget himself sooner or later, but she didn't expect that he would forget that quickly. "Senpai you need to put me down now!" She tried to yell over his loud mouth. Seeing that they were drawing a crowd, she tried one more time when she wasn't released, "Put me down right now Tamaki-senpai or I will force you to let go!" Still nothing, there was not hope for it then and she pulled her leg back and kicked him in the shin. When his grip loosened, she was able to free herself and grab his arm forcing him to go sailing overhead.
One minute Tamaki had Haruhi in his arms and the next minute he was looking up at the sky. She had used him as a practice dummy once again, "Haruhi why do you keep doing that to daddy?"
The crowd was unsure of what just happened or what was going on. There were some claps, probably from guys jealous of Tamaki and his host club, but there were also many gasps of disbelief. Everyone wondering, "Is everything ok in the host club? Why did Haruhi just throw Tamaki? What is happening here?"
"Thank you everyone for showing up to our surprise demonstration of defense tactics. We will be featuring them in an upcoming host club cosplay," Kyoya stated as he emerged out of the crowd with his host smile plastered on his face. Soon he heard the girls in the crowd start cooing and everyone was soon clapping and encouraging Tamaki and Haruhi to give another demonstration, "I am sorry, but that is the only demonstration for now. If you would like to see more, please come to the host club on Friday. Thank you everyone." When the crowd started to disperse, Kyoya walked up to Tamaki and crouched down talking so low that no one would overhear, "You have been warned and have gone sailing more times than I care to count. Have you not learned your lesson yet? Now get up off of the ground and smile while you are doing it. You have just put on a show and it was nothing more than that."
Tamaki gave a short nod to his best friend and stood up smiling his most dazzling smile for everyone around them. The girls screamed "MOE" and gushed surrounding him and pouring their attention out on him, "Thank you everyone. I am glad that you enjoyed this wonderful production. It was rather great, wasn't it? Our beautiful Haruhi was divine in his role as the defender."
Haruhi rolled her eyes as the crowd walked off to follow Tamaki and listen to his latest speech. He now had the crowd enraptured with tales about the new cosplay, and how everyone had been practicing just to get it perfect for the ladies. Watching as everyone seemed to follow Tamaki, Haruhi spoke to the man standing next to her, "Kyoya-senpai, do you think he will ever get it?"
"I don't know Haruhi, but I would appreciate it if you would refrain from killing him any time soon. We still need him for the club," Kyoya responded and pushed his glasses up. He shouldn't be surprised that Tamaki had reverted back to his old way, but he found himself a little shocked that he did it so soon after this past weekend and the warning from the two eldest hosts. Looking around for Mori and Hunny, he wondered if they had been witness to the spectacle this morning, "Haruhi, where are Hunny-senpai and Mori-senpai?"
"Huh? Oh Takashi had an early morning kendo meeting and I am sure Hunny-senpai went with him. I walked to school. Why?" Haruhi stated.
Internally breathing a sigh of relief, Kyoya smirked on the outside, "No reason. I just figured that you would have been with them like you have been lately."
"Oh, not this morning. Well, I have to get to class and review my notes. I will see you at club time Kyoya-senpai," Haruhi said as she started to make her way towards the building.
As Haruhi started to quickly make her way to class, Kyoya pushed his glasses up and shook his head. He really wondered what it would take for Tamaki to learn that he could not just glop Haruhi any longer, "Leaving him a bloody mess might do it, but short of that Tamaki is still Tamaki and he doesn't know when to quit."
At lunch time, Mori went searching for Haruhi at her classroom. He had been hearing chatter all day about a host club demonstration and about the new cosplay that was happening on Friday. He knew instinctively that Haruhi and Tamaki had gone another round. Finding her in the classroom packing up her books, he walked over to her desk, "Are you ok?"
Haruhi had not heard anyone approach, so when she heard the deep baritone voice of her boyfriend, she jumped a little. Meeting his eyes, she ordered, "Would you please not sneak up on me?"
Grinning, Mori ruffled her hair, "I didn't think I was sneaking."
"Well you were because I didn't hear you come in," Haruhi giggled.
"I will keep that in mind," Mori said as he rolled his eyes. His girlfriend was not the most observant person in the world and therefore it was easy to get the drop on her.
Looking around the room and finding that they were truly alone, Haruhi reached up to grab his tie and pulled him down so that she could easily give him a quick kiss on the cheek, "What did you need?"
"What happened this morning? I keep hearing about this new cosplay we are doing and something about a defense demonstration between you and Tamaki."
"That baka! He grabbed me and started to swing me around again. So I did what I needed to do. Unfortunately we were in the courtyard at the time and there was a crowd. Kyoya-senpai was there and was able to diffuse the situation by saying that it was a precursor to a new cosplay we will be doing in the host club."
Sighing, Mori wondered if Tamaki would ever get a clue and when he examined the evidence, he concluded that it probably would not happen in this lifetime. At least Mori knew that Haruhi could take care of herself though, "Are you alright?"
"I am fine. Luckily, I had some really good teachers," she smiled and winked at him.
"Training continues tonight?"
"Yes, I think Hunny is teaching me tonight because Chika has something going on. Will you be there?"
"Yes."
"Haru-Chan, Takashi, let's go eat lunch," Hunny yelled as he came bouncing into the room and attached himself to his tall cousin.
Haruhi started to laugh, "Ok, Hunny-senpai. Let's go eat lunch." She grabbed her bento and followed the two cousins out of the classroom.
During club time, the room was buzzing about the upcoming cosplay that the hosts were going to be doing on Friday. Tamaki was playing his role up, as were the twins. They had heard about it from Haruhi earlier in the day. The guests were eating it up and Kyoya could not be happier because it seemed as if their reservations for Friday had increased exponentially since the morning.
It was after club time that the hosts met to discuss this new turn of events. Kyoya started the meeting since he was the one who came up with the idea on the fly, "Due to recent events, we will be having a self-defense cosplay on Friday. It will require some demonstrations to be performed. I know that Haruhi has been working on karate and can safely flip someone. Mori-senpai and Hunny-senpai can do the same. All of you have some level of martial arts training, but I want the rest of you to concentrate on the basics. Mori-senpai, Hunny-senpai, can you two come up with something for each person to do? I don't want it to be too difficult since I suspect the ladies will want to learn some of the moves also."
"Not a problem Kyo-Chan!" Hunny declared, while his cousin grunted and nodded his agreement.
"Excellent! Including today, we have three days to make sure we are prepared for Friday. Hikaru, Kaoru, we will all need gi for the cosplay. Hunny-senpai and Mori-senpai already have some, but the others will need one also."
"I have one too," Haruhi spoke up. If she was going to have to wear a gi for Friday and had the choice, she wanted to wear hers, the one that Mori gave her. Plus she would prefer not to increase her debt for any reason if she could help it. If something spilled on a new gi, she had a feeling that her debt would rise once again. If she spilled it on her gi, then it was no big deal.
Mori smiled at the girl next to him. It made him proud that she would want to wear the uniform he had given her when she started her training. Squeezing the hand that he held to tell her of his pleasure, he said, "If needed, you can wear the Haninozuka or Morinozuka insignia so that you do not have to come up with four new designs for everyone."
"That is a great idea Mori-senpai, that would decrease the time needed to complete the outfits. I believe we will need two of each. The twins can represent one, while Tamaki and I will represent the other. Haruhi, is yours a Morinozuka or a Haninozuka?" Kyoya inquired.
"Neither, it is a design that Takashi found for me," Haruhi explained.
"That will be fine then. We will have the dojos split evenly and Haruhi, as the star from this morning, will have her own design. Are there any other questions?"
"What if Chika and Satoshi were able to come and help with the demonstration?" Haruhi asked.
Kyoya looked up and thought about what Haruhi proposed. It wasn't a bad idea and could be beneficial to have two more "masters" on hand in case something happened. Additionally, it would help with the added influx of customers that day. He turned his gaze to Hunny and Mori, "Our customer reservations have increased for Friday and it would be advantageous to have the additional help. Do you think your brothers would be willing to attend host club on Friday?"
"I don't think they have karate club this Friday so we can ask them," Hunny stated. He wasn't sure if Chika would be willing, but maybe if Haruhi asked, Chika would consider attending the host club and help with the demonstrations.
"Yah," Mori agreed. He knew Satoshi would be more than happy to attend, but the big question mark surrounded Chika.
"Let me know as soon as you talk to them. Is there anything else?" Kyoya asked. When everyone shook their heads and no one else spoke up, he declared that the meeting was over and everyone was dismissed.
"My precious daughter, do you need a ride home?" Tamaki cooed as he approached Haruhi. He was stopped from advancing any further when Hunny and Mori stood up next to her to protect her, "What? I was just offering my little girl a ride home. It is normal for daddies and daughters to ride home together. You shouldn't prevent our loving bond from developing."
"She has karate training tonight Tama-Chan," Hunny stated seriously.
"She does? Oh can daddy come and watch his little baby learning new things? I am so proud of you and everything you have accomplished," Tamaki babbled excitedly.
"No," Haruhi said simply.
"But Haruhi, I want to support you and all of your endeavors," Tamaki started to whine.
"No way in hell," Haruhi declared.
"Mommy, Haruhi isn't letting me watch her training!" Tamaki cried.
Kyoya rolled his eyes, "I think you have been witness to enough of her training, don't you Tamaki? Leave her alone."
"Mommy and daughter are so mean! I just want to watch. I promise to be quiet," Tamaki pouted and started to walk towards his corner shooting puppy dog eyes at Haruhi periodically. It didn't work though because she wasn't looking at him.
Watching Tamaki, Mori suggested that Haruhi get her things from the back room so that they could go. When she was out of the room, he walked up to Tamaki, "You need to stop because she will not stop throwing you. She will only get stronger and you can get hurt. You do not need to be there and she does not want you at her lessons. Leave it alone." As he heard the door to the back room open once again, Mori made his way over to Haruhi and took her bag from her. Looking around for his cousin, he saw Hunny polishing off the last slice of cake, "Mitsukuni, are you ready?"
"Yep! That was the last of it. Let's go!" Hunny jumped up excitedly with his bunny in his arms and ran for the door.
After they finished training for the night, Haruhi turned to Hunny, "Do you want me to ask Chika about Friday?"
Hunny had been thinking about the best way to approach his brother and he was not sure what to do. He felt like he should be the one to ask, but he also knew that Haruhi would probably have a greater chance at success if she were the one to ask. Smiling at her, he suggested, "What about if we both asked him together?"
"Ok, that sounds like a plan. Takashi, were you able to get in touch with Satoshi?" Haruhi asked as she turned to her boyfriend.
"Yah, he is not going to tell Yasuchika until Mitsukuni is able to talk to him, but Satoshi will help us on Friday," Mori replied.
"Well, at least we have one of the two secured," Haruhi chuckled.
Their conversation was interrupted by one of the very people they had been discussing, "It is almost dinner time. Haruhi, my mom is expecting you to stay if you can."
"I can do that. Thank you Chika," Haruhi smiled and gave a small nudge to Hunny.
"Chika-Chan, Haruhi and I need to ask you for a favor," Hunny started and shot a nervous look at the girl standing next to him.
Haruhi took that as her cue, "The host club is doing a self-defense cosplay on Friday and we were hoping that you and Satoshi would help us with demonstrations and by attending club time that day."
Chika had a horrified look on his face. The last thing he ever wanted to do was become a host, "I am not now, nor will I ever be a host!"
"You have it wrong Chika-Chan. You are not becoming a host, but we could use the help on Friday. Haru-Chan flipped Tama-Chan again this morning and in order to break up the crowd, Kyo-Chan said it was a demonstration for a cosplay that the host club is doing," Hunny explained.
"I don't host girls," Chika muttered.
Mori narrowed his eyes on his cousin. There was one thing that might sway him besides being beaten with a shinai by Satoshi, "You will get to see Haruhi use the skills that you taught her on the other hosts."
Chika's eyes widened and he turned towards Mori, "Really?"
Knowing that he was seriously considering it now, Mori continued, "Mitsukuni and I are in charge of the demonstration. I can assure you that you will see her in action live instead of on the screen. What do you think?"
"Will you really be participating?" Chika asked Haruhi.
"I can guarantee it," she promised.
Grumbling to himself for a minute, Chika finally agreed, "Fine, I will help out on Friday, but this is a one-time thing and I am only coming to see Haruhi practice her new skills. I want to be sure that she is doing everything properly. I am coming as an instructor and nothing more."
The three hosts looked at each other on the verge of laugher at Chika's declaration. Haruhi bowed and said, "Thank you Chika. We really appreciate this."
Hunny wanted to hug his brother, but knew that Chika would clock him for trying anything like that, "Yay! Thank you Chika-Chan!"
Walking up to his cousin, Mori ruffled Chika's hair, "You do honor to the Haninozuka dojo by helping with the demonstrations and making sure your student is well trained."
"Hai!" Chika started to blush at the praise and turned around the exit the dojo, "Dinner is about ready. You may want to get changed and come into the house."
When Chika was gone and they were sure that he could not hear them, Hunny and Haruhi fell over with laughter. Mori chuckled, but he was more controlled than the other two were. They had won the small battle and the younger generation could be counted on for their expertise and help. Now they just had to hope that Chika and Hunny did not take their fighting too far in front of the ladies. This was going to be an interesting cosplay to say the least.