Bleach™
Haruhi was reading over Renge's script.
Glancing up, she spied Tamaki across the club room, already rhapsodizing about the new theme.
Perhaps it was too late to stop things, but Haruhi did not like the way Renge's story was heading.
This 'Strawberry' person was supposed to rescue the 'Black Butterfly,' while 'The White Dragon' would be winning the 'Hime's' hand in marriage by sewing her beautiful clothes.
Glancing through the other pages, Haruhi thought she might have a chance to cripple things, if it was done carefully...
First, she handed Kyouya her copy of the script.
He had been too "busy" to receive his own when Renge swooped in, though Haruhi didn't believe this was the real reason behind the limited copies.
Renge had also been unconcerned that the twins were off in a corner making their own plans; for their inattention, they hadn't received a packet of papers either.
Of the other three, only Tamaki seemed to have been interested enough to examine it, and it was clear from his excited conference with Renge what he thought.
So Haruhi asked Mori if she could borrow his copy and handed it to the twins.
Five minutes later, Kyouya handed the papers back to her, and seemed to focus even more on his computer, typing away at an accelerated pace.
Ten minutes later, the twins converged on Tamaki with outraged yells.
To make completely sure she wouldn't be dying her hair, Haruhi pointed out to Honey exactly the role he was being asked to play, and made sure Mori was listening, too.
When Honey's eyes filled with horror, and then tears, the stoic man carried him over to Tamaki as well, a gimlet look in his eyes.
Haruhi sat down at the table and poured herself a cup of tea, for once quite content with the sounds of a dispute behind her.
Looking aggrieved, Tamaki broke free and raced to Kyouya's side.
"Kyouya, tell them about the swords! We get to wear swords!"
"We don't," the twins said in unison, faces revealing one of their sincerely bad moods.
"Ah, Tamaki. I meant to inform you: the school's policy forbids bringing weapons onto the grounds without consensus from the Board."
Tamaki looked stunned, but rallied again in moments.
"Never fear! I will go speak with the School Board myself. Don't worry, Haruhi, I'll get this -"
"Ah. Tamaki. Did I forget to mention that we are low on resources right now? We'll need to fund-raise for several months just to purchase your sword alone."
The glasses glinted.
"Unless you're offering to pay for it yourself?"
For a moment, Tamaki seemed to consider it, but Renge's overblown and expensive ideas were well-known to all the hosts.
Thwarted at every turn, Tamaki gave up, and went to break the bad news to Renge.
Haruhi nibbled at a biscuit as the other hosts dispersed to individual pursuits around the room. She was quite pleased with her success, and her ability to move the individual hosts if she absolutely had to.
The typing across the table continued; she scrutinized Kyouya's face for long moments.
"New glasses?" she asked, trying to stifle sudden amusement.
He paused and met her eyes, then smiled enigmatically.
"Not all of Renge's comparisons were off," he responded smoothly.
For a moment they were both silent.
"Just don't take up archery," Haruhi requested, and he nodded once, sharply.
They understood each other quite well.
A/N: If you didn't get this, http:/ .org /wiki/ Bleach_(manga) - take out the spaces. I tried to imply things, but if you don't know Bleach: Tamaki as Ichigo, Haruhi as Rukia (short black hair), Kyouya as Ishida (rectangular glasses), Renge as Orihime, Honey as Yachiru, Mori as Kenpachi, the twins as Asano Keigo & Kojima Mizuiro, who don't do any fighting at all and are minor characters. Also, Kyouya's frenetic typing is him siphoning off the Club funds to another account. Out of Tamaki's reach.
Oh, and I don't think Bleach is copyrighted with the TM logo, but just to make a point that it's not mine...