Hosts…and Hostess?!?
AN: Thank you for all the reviews you sent over. I'm so happy that you liked the first chapter; in fact I'm so happy that I could just cry. Read this chapter and send even more reviews!
Also, sorry for the long delay. I've been hoping to update this chapter by Christmas, but I had been so busy. I hope everyone had enjoyed their vacation and had a great holiday.
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon or Ouran High School Host Club. If I did, I would've wrote the manga series combined.
Ch2
Usagi was running down the hallway to the music room. While in the library, she was helping a classmate with his homework and was held back a few minutes. Due to the fussing of the members of the Host Club, Usagi was outvoted unanimously to not wear glasses and was wearing her hair down in curls that the twins had done that morning before class started. Because of her new appearance and many people, including the members of the Host club, speaking so highly of her, she became one of the most sought out girl in school. Everyone she met wanted to be her friend, everyone she met wanted her advice, and for the boys, they all wanted her attention on them, but kept silent, in fear of the host club retaliating.
She stopped by the window and stared at the incoming winter weather. Usagi smiled at the sun one last time before continuing her run to the club. She opened the door and stared in complete shock at the amount of tropical plants and the small animals in the trees. Situated in their usual spots in front of the door were the members of the club clad in tropical wear, revealing their skin as if trying to seduce someone. "What are you guys wearing?" Usagi asked, she glanced into her planner and said, "It's only mid December. If any of you got sick, I'm not hand feeding you."
"This is to help our customers get away from the horrors of this cold horrible weather," Tamaki said. He reached behind him and pulled out a tall mannequin wearing a female version of tropical clothes. "And this is for you," he said. He pointed to the clothes he was wearing and said with a bright smile, "We'll look like a king and queen ruling a kingdom together."
Usagi walked away, getting the snacks ready. "No thank you," she said, "I'd rather wear my uniform."
Instead of being upset as he usually does, Tamaki just snapped his fingers. "Hikaru, Kaoru," he said.
The two twins saluted to Tamaki as one grabbed the mannequin and the other grabbed Usagi. With both in hands, they rushed to the changing room as Usagi struggled to get away from them. In a few minutes, Hikaru and Kaoru emerged from the room and presented Usagi to them. Everyone stared at her in silence before applauding.
Hunny ran over to Usagi and hugged her around her waist. "Usa-chan looks beautiful," he said, "I like how Hika-chan and Ko-chan did your hair."
"She has a lot of hair and wouldn't even let us trim it," Hikaru said.
Kaoru shrugged his shoulders and said, "So we had to style it as it is."
Usagi's long blond hair was styled where the majority was left trailing to her calves in waves with a bun fashioned on the back of her head. There was a tiara of white orchids on top of her head and was fastened by two red rose clips to prevent if from falling. She wore a pure white tank top that ended just above her bellybutton and showed her bare shoulders and arms to everyone. She also wore a dark red skirt that slimmed down to her ankles with a large triangular light pink scarf tied to her waist. She didn't wear any make-up on her face other than a pale pink lip gloss.
Hunny released Usagi and took a leap down and examined her a bit. "You know…if you had shorter hair and green eyes, I would've thought that you were Hikari," Hunny said.
"But if Usagi is Hikari, then she should've been able to pay her debt," Hikaru said, "After all she is a really popular model."
Usagi turned around with a smile on her face. Sometimes she can't help but be happy for the life she lives; anyone in her shoes would feel lucky. After all, more than half of her friends are very famous and rich. One of them just happens to be Setsuna Meioh, a fashion designer, who she models for as Hikari. With the help of technology and her friends, they managed to change her eye color and hair length so nobody can find out that she is in fact the model, Hikari, even though it was completely by accident that she was discovered.
It all started when Setsuna had created a few dresses and requested her to wear them as a trail run. As she modeled in them, several of the cameramen had taken some pictures and, after altering the pictures, changing her eyes green and making her hair end up to her waist, released them into the public. Within a few days, the mysterious model was on everyone's mouths and minds. So far, only her best friends and family knew who the model is and decided on the stage name of Hikari for her.
"I wonder what everyone will say if they find out that I'm actually Hikari," she mused silently. Usagi shook her head and just went to get the snacks ready.
Kyoya's eyes followed Usagi and then glanced back at his files. A sly smile appeared on his face as he read the information of Usagi's background. "Things are getting more and more interesting," he said, silently, going over to his position.
As the customers filed into the room, all were quite pleased and overjoyed to see the scenery. Usagi handed the girls their snacks as she would watch Tamaki flirt with several girls, Hikaru and Kaoru flirting with each other, Huny and Mori being their usual energetic and stoic selves, and Kyoya using the girls' obsession to his advantage of getting more profits.
"Bunny-chan, you look gorgeous," one of the girls said.
While being the hostess here in the club, she quickly became well known as Bunny-chan. That didn't bother Usagi very much since a lot of people had often called her Bunny since she was very little. Usagi grinned slightly and glanced down to her costume, not really admitting that it did look stunning. "You actually like these sorts of things?" she asked. The three girls that asked for her nodded their heads. "To tell you the truth, I didn't really want to wear this, but Hikaru and Koaru forced me," Usagi said.
"Are you going to participate in the Christmas party?" another girl asked.
Usagi's head tilted to the side as she stared in confusion at the three excited girls. She wasn't informed about any festivity. "A party?" she repeated, "perhaps she missed it during homeroom.
"Yes the Host Club Christmas Party," she said with a bright smile on her face, "I would love nothing more than to see it snow during the party. I bet it would look just lovely."
Usagi didn't know anything about the party, but she does hold the same anxiety of having a white Christmas. She nodded her head and smiled. "I know what you mean. There's nothing better than it snowing on Christmas Eve and then waking up to see a blanket of fresh snow on the ground in the morning." She sighed and then shook her head with a chuckle. "If we do have a white Christmas, then my brother and sister would act like I fed them sugar for breakfast, rushing through the openings of their presents and then bundling up so they could play in the snow."
"I wish I could see that happening," one of the girls said, thinking back to the adorable ten year olds form before.
Usagi shook her head again and laughed. "I'd rather you didn't," she said, "Sometimes even they're too hyper for me, but all that matters is that they're happy."
"You must be such a close family," the girls said, imagining a family of poor but happy people.
Usagi laughed and knew how people had often portrayed her as a pauper since she got in by scholarship. "I'm not a pauper, if that's what you think. My dad brings home enough money to provide for all of us, for necessities and personal things. I also work part-time during the summer. Of course, most of the time, I volunteer to help my friends and I'm pretty sure that they're keeping my paychecks in a secret bank account to give to me later…even though I specifically told them not to," she said, "Also, Hotaru's parents left behind money and heirlooms for her to inherit when she becomes eighteen."
"What do you volunteer as?" one of the girls asked.
"It depends," Usagi replied. She looked through her wallet and pulled out one of the pictures. "Whenever they need help, I just go and lend them a hand, but I always have this sneaky suspicion that they're paying me. What I do usually ranges from a waitress to a nurse." She showed the girls the picture. "They're the best friends anyone can have. We're like siblings to each other."
"You seem very close," one of them said, staring at the picture of Usagi hugging her friend, "There's something about this girl. I think I've seen her before."
"You should. That's Rei Hino, she's the daughter of the politician, Taka Hino," Usagi said, "There's a bunch of my other friends that you might recognize. Daddy's always saying about how lucky I am to have friends in high places. Shingo always going on about having connections sometimes." She took the photo back and smiled, leaning the picture against her chin. "My friends and I might have disagreements and argue, but that's what siblings do. I wouldn't trade my friends for anything in the world."
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Usagi placed a green tea cup in front of Kanako Kasugazaki, a beautiful brunette who has all of Tamaki's attention, and watched with a certain interest as she stared contently at the cup. "You seem to like these dishes," Usagi said, leaning in with a smile on her face.
Kanako's face flushed a deep red as she stood up abruptly. "W-wh-what? N-no, I-I-I don't have any interest like that…really," she said. She quickly gathered her bag and rushed out of the room, saying, "Ex-excuse me, I…I have s-so-something to d-do."
Usagi and Tamaki just stared blankly at the disappearing teen. "I wonder what got her so worked up," Usagi wondered.
"Usagi," Kaoru and Hikaru called out, wrapping their arms around her shoulders, "So what are you going to do for the Christmas party? You are going to dance, right? It's required for everyone to dance in this party."
"You mean to tell me that there's actually a party?" Usagi asked. She stared at the two as they nodded their heads. Usagi shook her head. "Sorry, but I won't be able to make it. I'm busy on Christmas so I've got no time to spend it with your shenanigans," she said, as she started to walk away.
Hikaru and Kaoru grabbed one of Usagi's arms and pulled her back. "But it takes place on Christmas Eve, so that means you won't be busy. Also it's at the evening, which also means that your younger brother and sister would be asleep," they said. They grinned at Usagi as she glared at them for pretty much forcing her to go.
"Unfortunately, I might not be able to go since my dad would most likely forbid me because there would be boys that he had not met nor had approved of yet," Usagi said, hoping that it would allow her to not go to the party.
"Don't be so sure that he would prohibit you to come," Kyoya said. He was listening in, or eavesdropping, as Usagi would like to call it. He grinned at her in an almost kind way that makes Usagi wonder what he was conspiring in that machine-like mind of his.
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"Of course you can go to the party, Usagi," Kenji Tsukino said during dinner when his daughter asked him. His brown eyes looked at his daughter gently as he smiled at her. He noticed the surprised and shocked looks on his children's faces. Kenji grinned, as he knew that by allowing her to go she would end up meeting several boys he had never met yet. "This is a great opportunity for you to make more friends, Usagi," he said.
Shingo's jaw dropped as he started to say, "But, dad, there's this boy that's always…" Hotaru quickly covered his mouth with her hand to prevent him from speaking about Tamaki's flirtatious personality and send him to his grave.
Usagi shook her head and sighed. "It's only going to be several hours," Kenji said, "And since it's in the evening, I could look after Shingo and Hotaru. You've worked very hard so take some time off and have fun." He glanced over at the large portrait of a beautiful woman with long wavy blue hair and kind brown eyes hanging on the dining room wall. "Ever since your mother passed away, you've been working very hard to watch over your brother and the house. I'm sure if she was still here, she would want you to go."
Usagi smiled at he father and nodded her head. "Thanks daddy," she said.
Kenji grinned back. "You're welcome, bunny," he said, "But make sure that you stay away from the boys there and if any of them try to do anything funny, tell me, and I'll rush over there to teach them a lesson." The three youngsters glanced at each other and couldn't help but laugh at their dad's overprotective streak.
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"So your dad's letting you go to the dance?" Kyoya asked.
"As long as no boy does anything in an inappropriate manner," Usagi said, "What's the point of me going anyway? You want me to play the server again?"
"No need, we already had hired waiters for that day," Hikaru said, waving his hand in the air.
"Then why do I have to go?" Usagi asked.
Kaoru and Hikaru grinned in a devilish way. "Because it's more fun with you there," they replied at the same time, "If you want, we could lend you a dress our mom designed."
"No thanks, I'm pretty sure that I got something for the occasion," Usagi said, "Do I have to do anything at the party?"
"Besides having fun and eating the food," Hunny said, "We're gonna have to dance the waltz."
Usagi blinked at the news. The waltz, huh? That's an easy task to accomplish; after all she was taught how to dance by the best. She felt Tamaki taking her hand and saw him kneeling in front of her. She stared at him as he went back into the 'knight in shining armor' phase again and said, "If the young princess doesn't know how to dance the waltz, then I gladly teach you."
"He still hasn't changed," Usagi said quietly. She sighed and pulled her hand away from his grasp. "No thank you, I already know how to dance," she said, causing Tamaki to start sulking once again.
Usagi started to pull the dishes onto a tray to be distributed to the customers later when she remembered Kanako's reactions to the dishes. "I wonder why she acted so jumpy when I mentioned about her attention on the cup," she said softly.
Hunny rushed over to Usagi and took a cookie off the tray. "Kanako is engaged to Toru Suzushima. He's the heir to a dish importing company," Hunny said, "Not a lot of people knows about the engagement."
"Oh, so that's it," Usagi whispered. She cut a slice of cake and handed it to the anticipated Hunny. "I wonder what she's doing in the Host Club if she's already engaged."
"The two of them were childhood friends and their parents had them betrothed," Hikaru and Kaoru said, "Not to mention he's very plain and not very special, which is probably the reason why she's been doing the whole host switching for a while."
Usagi shook her head at the twins. "It's not nice to go and judge people," she said, "And I'm pretty sure that there's a bigger reason behind it. She looked a lot more happy with the dishes than she is with Tamaki-senpai." Usagi stared at the chinaware softly with a gentle smile.
Tamaki, Hikaru, and Kaoru glanced at each other and started to think about about what Usagi had said. "She may be onto something," Tamaki said, "We must find out more on their relationship!" The twins saluted to Tamaki and quickly went to get everyone else to devise a plan in hopes to find out the secrets behind Kanako's unhappiness which leads her to switch to each host and why Tori doesn't do anything about it. They didn't involve Usagi in their plan, to her surprise and relief.
/-/
The day of the dance arrived with invitations sent to a lot of their customers. Music was being played by musicians hired with the entire room was in complete splendor. The host club members all wore dashing suits with Usagi, being the only girl who's the member, wearing a simple dark blue spaghetti-strapped dress with white snowflakes stitched in it.
Usagi watched in amusement as the girls all squealed in happiness and in anticipation of dancing with one of the boys. She was so attentive to the auras of happiness that she didn't notice a couple of the boys who were staring at her, hoping to get a dance from her. Then as the boys decided to work up their courage, girls were heard screaming in excitement, causing Usagi to turn around and gasp. There was a tall handsome woman, but everyone thought that she was a man, with short blond hair and dark blue eyes wearing a white suit and a beautiful woman with wavy aquamarine hair and gentle blue-green eyes wearing a dark red dress. "Ruka-chan! Michi-chan!" Usagi shouted, clasping her hands together before running over to them.
"Koneko-chan!" Haruka exclaimed. She opened her arms and quickly embraced Usagi. "What are you doing here?" she asked. Haruka looked up and saw several boys glaring at her in envy. "And what are you doing here with those boys?"
"Haruka, be nice," Michiru scolded softly. She smiled at Usagi and held her arms out open. "Don't I get a hug, Usagi-chan?" she asked, playfully.
Usagi laughed and went to embrace her other friend. "It's good to see you guys," she said, "But what are you two doing here?"
"That's a question you should be answering," Haruka said. She glared at the boys in the area. "We were hired to perform here. And besides, we're not the only ones," she said. She pointed over to a small group of boys. One had black hair with dark blue eyes, the other had brown hair with purple eyes, and the last had silver hair with green eyes; their long ponytails were a big hint that gave them away. "Hey guys, look who's here," Haruka shouted loudly, catching their attention.
Usagi knew who they were, they were the Three Lights, very popular singers since they were in grammar school, and they were also a part of her group of best friends. "Seiya, Yaten, and Taiki, it's good to see you again," Usagi said.
"Usa-chan, what are you doing here?" Seiya asked. He lifted Usag in into the air and twirled her around in circles before hugging her tightly. (1)
"I can see that you're doing well in this school," Taiki said, "Oh, I forgot to tell you, congratulations on the scholarship exam."
"So did the rich kids drive you crazy, yet?" Yaten asked, smirking slightly.
"Usagi, you know these guys?" Hikaru asked.
Usagi smiled brightly and glanced at her friends. "Know them? It seems like we've been best friends since forever."
Kaoru walked over to his twin and was completely shocked to see Usagi being close friends with people who are rich, famous, and definitely in another class. "How did you become friends with these people?" he asked.
Michiru grinned and said in a wise tone, "When you have a big heart like Usagi-chan, then you can be friends with anyone."
"And besides, we're not the only friends she has that are famous or rich," Seiya said with sneaky grin, "A lot of people who are usually in high publicity would meet Usa-chan and become friends with her. And most of the time, she didn't know that they were rich or famous and is friends with them for who they are on the inside."
Yaten smiled playfully and pointed at Usagi. "And that was how she met us in junior high. We were already famous as the Three Lights, but Usagi here no idea about it," he said, teasing her.
"But that just made it easier for us to be friends with her," Taiki said quickly, when he noticed Usagi getting ready to hit Yaten. It may not show from her small thin figure, but Usagi has enough strength to knock people unconscious with a single punch and, believe me, they had seen it happen several times already. "And then after a month, her friends finally asked why she never told them that she was friends with the Three Lights. Usagi was shocked about it and then asked us why we never told her. We told her that she was our very first real friend and we didn't want to ruin our friendship by telling her that she was friends with child prodigies in the music district."
Usagi smiled as she thought back to those memories. "Of course, Seiya was the one who told me that. So when he told me that reason, I got mad and slapped him," she said in an embarrassed tone.
Seiya rubbed his left cheek as the memory of the stinging pain came back. "Very hard, I might add," he said, interrupting the blonde, "I thought I was gonna die."
Usagi playfully glared at him as he pretended to be afraid and hid behind an annoyed Yaten. "I then told them that it didn't matter to me if they were famous or not, because I was friends with them and nothing would ever change that. What made me angry wasn't the fact that they didn't tell me that they were the Three Lights, rather than the fact that they didn't trust me or my friendship enough to tell me."
Usagi turned to Haruka and Michiru, who were holding with each other. "But it was different for Ruka-chan and Michi-chan. I already knew who they were when I first met them. Daddy was going an article on the brilliant pianist and violinist and I tagged along with Shingo and Hotaru. Let's see, I was about ten, so Ruka-chan and Michi-chan were thirteen years olds. As much as I was excited to meet them, I was too busy watching my younger siblings. Daddy must've told them that I really like their music so they came over to the room where I was staying in. We talked a bit and for some reason we clicked and decided to hang out a few times. It wasn't long until I introduced them to my best friends and we became a tight group. Ruka-chan then went and took the liberty of becoming my substitute overprotective dad."
"That's…unexpecting (AN: is that a real word? I heard it several times before, but for some strange reason whenever I type it, comes as a misspelled word)," Tamaki said, "You knew that they were well known, and you still treated them like they were commoners."
"We prefer the term 'equal'," Haruka said. She glared at the twins who had wrapped their arms around Usagi's shoulders, sandwiching her in between them. "If there was someone who was a royal blood, she would disregard the status and treat them as if they were like a regular normal person."
"But that's just being plain rude," Hikaru complained as Kaoru nodded his head and added, "Or ignorant."
"For those who wanted friends for who they are and not because it benefited them or to be normal for once, it would mean the world to them," Michiru said, "Just as it had for us."
"Ever since we've been friends, not once had she ever asked for favors from us," Taiki said with a smile.
"But didn't she go to each and every one of the concerts you guys had?" Hunny asked, "And Shingo-kun once said something about connections."
"Oh, those tickets we gave them to her for free because she could go buy them herself," Yaten said.
Usagi sighed and shook her head. "I told them to stop doing that, but they never listen," she complained, "I didn't be friends with them just so I could take advantage of the connections. As you can see, I didn't tell them to help me pay for the debt."
"DEBT? WHAT DEBT? I didn't hear anything about a debt!" Haruka and Seiya shouted. Seiya just glared at Tamaki since Kyoya had introduced him as the president of the club when they hired them while Haruka grabbed onto Tamaki's collar. "What debt are we talking about?" they yelled in front of the terrified Tamaki.
"Tama-chan accidentally pushed Usa-chan and she broke a vase. Since it wasn't entirely her fault, Kyoya had her work as a hostess to pay for half," Hunny said, staring at his bunny doll that he insisted on bringing, not once noticing the twins motioning him to stop talking or the killer intent in Usagi's best friends', except Michiru and Taiki, eyes.
"Oh he did, did he?" Haruka snarled. She took Usagi's arm and pulled her in an overprotective and smothering gesture. "Well consider her debt cleared."
"You do that and I won't forgive you, Ruka-chan," Usagi said, "I don't mind it as much and besides, it gives me a chance to make friends and I could help out a lot." She smiled at her friend, who looked like she was slowly losing her determination to clear the debt in a second. "I can't depend on you guys for everything, you know."
"But you only depend on us about 1 percent of the time we've been friends and it's usually something really simple, like looking after Shingo and Hotaru," Yaten said, "Other than that, you tried to do everything by yourself."
"As much as it's nice to see you reminiscing, perhaps you can start the entertainment," Kyoya said, walking over to the group. "Our customers are starting to get restless."
"Sure thing, Ohtori," Seiya said. He wrapped his arm around Usagi's shoulders and winked at her, "Let's get this show on the road."
Everyone, the members of the Host Club, the female customers, and the various males invited, watched as the group of performers pulled Usagi to an area where a piano, a violin, a music stand, and microphones were situated. "I guess that she wasn't joking when she said that her friends were famous," Hikaru said.
"I guess that she wasn't kidding when she said that her friends were overprotective," Kaoru said, "Did you see the way Ten'oh-san was about to pummel, dono?"
"Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention please?" Haruka said in the microphone. "I wish to thank everyone for their patience and the Host Club for inviting us to perform. My name is Haruka Ten'oh and this is my Michiru Kaioh. Over here, we have the Three Lights, Seiya, Taiki, and Yaten. And let's not forget our special guest and dearest friend, Usagi Tsukino." Upon hearing their names being called out, each one waved to the applauding crowd. "I hope everyone's enjoying themselves and well enjoy this performance."
Haruka took her place at the piano as Michiru held the violin in her hands. The Three Lights were holding the microphones, but what surprised everyone else was the fact that Usagi was holding a microphone as well. Everybody knew that Usagi was very talented as she had preformed in school, a number one student, a wonderful cook, a fantastic athlete, and a great advisor, but no one knew for sure if she was able to perform musically. They guess that now is a way to find out for sure as the two musicians started to play their instruments.
(Three Lights)
O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant
O come ye, o come ye to Bethlehem
Come and behold Him
Born the king of angels
O come let us adore Him
O come let us adore Him
O come let us adore Him
Christ the Lord
(Usagi)
God of Gods, Light of Light,
Lo, He abhors not the Virgin's womb;
Very God, Begotten not created,
O come let us adore Him
O come let us adore Him
O come let us adore Him
Christ the Lord
(Three Lights & Usagi)
Sing, choirs of angels
Sing in exultation,
Sing, all ye citizens of heav'n above
'Glory to God in the highes
O come let us adore Him
O come let us adore Him
O come let us adore Him
Christ the Lord
(Usagi)
Yea,
Lord, we greet Thee,
Born this happy morning
Jesu, to Thee be glory given
Word of the Father now in flesh appearing
(Three Lights & Usagi)
O come let us adore Him
O come adore Him, Christ the Lord
('O Come, All Ye Faithful')
Everyone, from the members to the customers, all stared in complete awe. They applauded to the performance and were excited when they heard the music being played differently.
(Yaten)
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
(Three Lights)
Merry
Christmas, Merry Christmas
Happy Holidays
(Seiya)
We've
been waiting all year for this night
And the snow is glistening on
the trees outside
And all the stockings are hung by the fire
side
Waiting for Santa to arrive
And all the love will
show
'Cause everybody knows
It's Christmastime and
All the
kids will see
The gifts under the tree
It's the best time of
the year for the family
(Three Lights)
It's
a wonderful feeling
Feel the love in the room
From the floor to
the ceiling
It's that time of year
Christmastime is here
And
with the blessings from above
God sends you his love
And
everybody's okay
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays
Merry
Christmas
Merry Christmas
Happy Holidays
(Usagi)
Bells are
ringing
It's time to scream and shout (scream and shout)
And
everybody's playing cause school's out
Celebrating this special
time we share
Happiness cause love is in the air
And all the love
will show
'Cause everybody knows
It's Christmastime and
All
the kids will see
The gifts under the tree
It's the best time
of the year for the family
(Three Lights &
Usagi)
It's a wonderful feeling
Feel the love in the room
From
the floor to the ceiling
It's that time of year
Christmastime
is here
And with the blessings from above
God sends you his
love
And everthing's okay
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays
Merry
Christmas
Merry Christmas
Happy Holidays
Merry Christmas,
Happy Holidays
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas
Happy
Holidays
(Seiya)
No matter
what your holiday
It's a time to celebrate
And put your worries
aside (worries aside)
And open up your mind (open up your
mind)
See the world right by your side
It's Christmastime
(Three Lights &
Usagi)
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas
Happy
Holidays
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas
Happy
Holidays
It's a wonderful feeling
Feel the love in the
room
From the floor to the ceiling
It's that time of
year
Christmastime is here
And with the blessings from
above
God sends you his love
And everything's okay
Merry
Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas
Happy Holidays
Merry
Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas
Happy Holidays
Merry
Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas
Happy Holidays
('Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays' by N'Sync)
The three popular singers nodded their heads as they all smiled at each other. Seiya tapped Usagi's shoulder. She turned her head to him as he whispered into her ear. Usagi glared playfully at him, before sighing and nodding her head reluctantly. She took a few steps forward as the three singers took a few steps back. Taiki and Yaten had talked to Haruka and Michiru, who grinned at each other before turning their attentions to the instruments once more and playing them.
(Usagi)
I
don't want a lot for Christmas
There's just one thing I need
I
don't care about presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I just
want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish
come true
All I want for Christmas
Is you
I
don't want a lot for Christmas
There is just one thing I need
I
don't care about presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I don't
need to hang my stocking
There upon the fireplace
Santa Claus
won't make me happy
With a toy on Christmas day
I just want you
for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come
true
All I want for Christmas is you
You baby
I
won't ask for much this Christmas
I won't even wish for snow
I'm
just gonna keep on waiting
Underneath the mistletoe
I won't
make a list and send it
To the North Pole for Saint Nick
I
won't even stay awake to
Hear those magic reindeer click
'Cause
I just want you here tonight
Holding on to me so tight
What
more can I do
Baby all I want for Christmas is you
You
All
the lights are shining
So brightly everywhere
And the sound of
children's
Laughter fills the air
And everyone is singing
I
hear those sleigh bells ringing
Santa won't you bring me the one I
really need
Won't you please bring my baby to me
Oh
I don't want a lot for Christmas
This is all I'm asking for
I
just want to see my baby
Standing right outside my door
Oh I
just want him for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my
wish come true
Baby all I want for Christmas is
You
All I want for Christmas is you baby
All I want for Christmas is you baby
All I want for Christmas is you baby
All I want for Christmas is you baby('All I Want For Christmas Is You' by Mariah Carey)
(Seiya)
When the night is still,
And the sea is
calm,
Lonely shadow, you call upon me.
(Usagi)
Lay by my side,
Fear not tonight,
Lonely shadow, you'll find a new light.
(Usagi & Seiya)
Dream a dream
And see through angel's eyes
A place where we can fly away.
(Usagi)
Ride with me upon a shining star,
Above the moonlit sky
We will find Elysium.
Hear the nightingale
Sing a lullaby,
Lonely shadow, you'll find a new light
(Seiya)
Dawn will be kind,
All will be bright,
Lonely shadow, rise from the darkness.
(Usagi & Seiya)
Dream a dream
And see through angel's eyes
A place where we can fly away.
Ride with me upon a shining star,
Above the moonlit sky
Once more.
Dream a dream
And see through angel's eyes
A place where we can fly away.
We'll dream a dream
And see through angel's eyes
A place where we can fly away, Elysium.
('Dream a Dream' by Charlotte Church and Billy Gilman)
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Usagi stared at the dress pushed into her hands. When she had finished performing and the members of the club snapped out of their surprise, they quickly took her by the hands and dragged her into one of the back rooms, completely ignoring the angry threats coming from Haruka and Seiya's mouths. They then proceeded into giving her the dress and then pushing her behind some curtains while they quickly rushed to get boxes of make up ready.
Tamaki hurried into the room, shouting, "Hurry up! We have guests to enter…"
Tamaki stopped talking when he saw the curtains were pushed aside and Usagi stepped out, no longer wearing the simple dress she was wearing before. The twins had handed her a light blue dress that complimented her eyes. The dress left her shoulders bare with a white silk fabric wrapped from around the top of her arms to the top hem of the dress. The outfit hugged her curves down to her waist and then fanned out slightly. She wore the same sky blue color gloves that ended at her elbows with high heel shoes. Over her blond tresses, Hunny and Mori had fastened a wig full of black locks of hair that ended where her real hair had ended. Tamaki just stared at Usagi and covered his mouth with his hands, not knowing whether to exclaim that she looked cute and tackle her or to just exit the room and try to save face.
Kyoya noticed Tamaki's predicament so he walked over to Usagi and told her, "You have twenty minutes to figure out the problem between Kasugazaki-san and Suzushimsa-san. Right now, Suzushimsa-san is in room 2-C. Remember that the time limit is twenty minutes."
"Hai, hai," Usagi said, sighing. She walked over to the classroom, not once noticing Tamaki trying to hide his flushed face as the twins complimented each other on the work they had done. With a glance, nobody would figure out that the black hair Usagi has on is a wig.
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Usagi had met up with Toru just as the Host Club had wanted and then she had discovered the fact that Toru sees himself as someone who is inferior and undeserving of Kanako's love and could understand why he wants to go off on his own to prove himself worthy of the woman he loves. However…she disagreed what his frame of mind was thinking. She shook her head and said, "You claim that you want to be worthy of her love, but all your actions are stating is that you don't care what she thinks or feels, that only your opinion matters. If you truly love her and want to be valuable and irreplaceable to her, then you shouldn't keep any secrets from her. Even if it's just a simple 'Wait for me' (2) you should tell her straight out what you feel so she could understand your feelings. All you're doing is just distancing yourself from each other."
Toru stared at Usagi shocked at her opinion and couldn't help but realize that she was right. He truly did love Kanako, ever since they were little; when their parents announced of their betrothal, he was so happy. But he's of lower birth than her, no matter how rich they both are, and it just seems like he must find the person inside of him that is worthy of Kanako, not realizing that he's been there all along. He smiled in a thankful manner and embraced her in a grateful way, but his timing was off since Kanako had entered the room and saw what happened.
Toru and Usagi pulled apart and watched as Kanako ran off. Toru then took off after his fiancé and the woman he loves as Usagi wondered if the other members of the club orchestrated all this. She felt someone place a hand on her shoulder and turned to see Tamaki giving her the thumbs up and realized that it was truly part of their plan. Tamaki pointed to the window and they all watched as Toru chased Kanako outside and caught her in front of the large Christmas tree where the colorful lights had flickered on, illuminating the two lovers as everyone cheered for them.
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Usagi had changed back into the outfit she arrived the party in and met up with her friends, who were looking for her. While the male members of the club were dancing the waltz with a few selected females, Usagi had proceeded into dancing with Haruka, Seiya, Yaten, and Taiki; Seiya and Haruka were playing the role of overprotective brothers or fathers, take your pick, and refused to allow any other guy near her. To her surprise, Usagi actually had fun at the party as she hanged out with her friends.
It was then when the twins had taken the microphone and told everyone that the lucky girl was selected to have a kiss from Tamaki. As all the other girls were all giggling and wondering who it was, Usagi was talking to Michiru, completely ignoring what was going on until the lights went off and the spotlight landed on her. "Usagi Tsukino, you had been selected!" Hikaru and Kaoru shouted happily.
"WHAT?" Usagi's best friends, mainly Haruka and Seiya, shouted.
Tamaki walked over to Usagi bowed waist down, as a prince would, and leaned his face close to Usagi's. Just as his lips were about to descend onto Usagi's lips, she turned her head and he ended up kissing her on the cheek. "You didn't really think I'll be giving away my first kiss so easily, did you, Tamaki-sempai," Usagi said with a sly smile when Tamaki stared at her in shock and confusion.
"Suoh." Tamaki turned around to see Haruka and Seiya glaring angrily at him and gulped. "First you were the cause of her debt and now you wanted to steal koneko-chan's first kiss! Prepare…to…die," the tomboy snarled, trying to strangle the president of the club when Yaten and Taiki held him back.
"I suggest you run, Tamaki-sempai," Usagi said, "The last time someone wanted to steal a kiss from me, ended up with a few broken bones." She giggled as Haruka and Seiya, being the most overprotective of the bunch, chased after the president. She figured to let the two have their fun and then step in when it seems like they would actually kill him.
(1) In this story, Seiya never had a crush on Usagi. He always saw her as a little sister.
(2) This quote was something I picked up from Celestial Legend: Ceres.