lumigo akvo 9504: YES I KNOOOOW, SHE DID! I too, have been waiting for it since I came up with this story. Glad you like it, though you'll have to wait a bit for the sunset thingy hehe. And yes, I've been aching for Chika and Satoshi to appear too, the same with the brothers relationship. I love when they get along, so... yes. And Tamaki! I was a little sad, but I tried to stick to the canon, and totally change it at the same time. Not sure it worked though hahaha, but still, glad you like it.
Ok, so I'm gonna change the timeline that's displayed in the anime because in the manga says otherwise, and I try to stick to the manga as much as I can. So... that's all, I guess.
Enjoy the chapter!
"It's okay, Tamaki, don't worry. Haruhi will be alright, you'll see." so Nagisa was trying to confort Tamaki. It wasn't unusual, as he was growing mushrooms in his corner of woe almost half of his day, so the bluenette was already—regrettably—used to being the unfortunate soul chosen to help him out.
"But what if those shady twins do something at her! My poor daughter! She can't possibly be with those two at night, Nagisaaaaa!" he whined, hugging Nagisa's legs while she sweat dropped, looking over to Kyoya, who just ignored her.
'Gee, thanks. Isn't he your best friend?' she thought, rolling her eyes.
"Tamaki, she'll be fine. Besides, we too have a class event on Halloween's night, so you'll get to make sure nothing happens." she said, stroking Tamaki's hair. It was like trying to confort a child, actually, and Nagisa wasn't sure how to feel about that.
"Really?!" he said, standing up immediately, and then the Shadow King decided to step in.
"Well yes, class 2-A has a Halloween event too. You would already know that if you payed attention during homeroom." Kyoya said, internally wondering how did his idiot friend manage to snatch the class rep position if he wasn't even aware of the class' events. He was the one that supposedly organized it!
Mitsukuni, who was carefully listening to the whole conversation, let out a beam while he stood up, dragging Takashi with him.
"Can we go too? I really wanna see what you do! Our class will only watch horror movies, and we do that every year, so it will be fun to do something new for a change!" he chirped out, looking at Nagisa with pleading, puppy eyes, those that Nagisa could not resist. Not that she tried so hard to, anyways.
"Of course you can, Honey, Mori-senpai! The more the merrier! We're doing a hide-and-seek game. The idea is to hide a lot of freaky things all around the school, and try to find them. The one who finds the most objects wins! And we are gonna spook everyone's shit in the process. Even more fun!" Nagisa was actually expecting Halloween already. She would get to make everyone freak the heck out without punishment!
Okay, so Kirara's manerisms may had been rubbing off on her.
Mitsukuni just celebrated, returned with Takashi and hugged him, singing that this was going to be the best Halloween of all time. The fact that Nagisa was with him had nothing to do with it. Not at all.
Well, maybe a little. Much. Actually it was all the fun. But still, nothing at all.
Truth to be told, Mitsukuni was still trying to figure out how to confess to Nagisa without scaring her off. It was harder than it looked, specially when she obviously didn't reciprocated his feelings. Mitsukuni needed to fix that first, not that it was an easy thing, either.
Now, he didn't need to do anything, as Nagisa had already fell for him a long time ago. But Mitsukuni knew nothing of that, so we'll just continue.
The Host Club without those three first years seemed a bit more... empty. Nagisa felt like their little family was incomplete. Tamaki was always whining about it, saying he missed his daughter, and that they needed to save her from 'those shady twins'. He would never admit he missed them too. Nagisa understood, they would never let him live it down if they knew, so Tamaki was using his brain for once, it seemed. Even the Host King had his moments.
But Halloween was finally here, and Nagisa was overly exited, and not only because of her class's event. No, Nagisa had a plan. And it was going to work because she wasn't alone this time.
"Okay, guys, you can come in." the comms were the ones they used at their time in the 3-E, as were they uniforms, but that only made it better. Just like the old times.
Even Nagisa was wearing hers, as she was using the camouflage to spook people. It was nice to use it again.
"You sure we're not gonna get lost, Nagisa? This place is huge." the bluenette giggled at Maehara's comment. Yeah, he was right. It had gotten her a few days to get used to the place, and she still got lost from time to time.
"We have Ritsu to help with that. Don't worry, it's not really that complicated. Everything has signs on it, and Ritsu will lead the way so you don't get the wrong twist. I'll be waiting near my clubroom. The targets are in here too, so be careful with the noise." and then it all fell into silence. Well, that is until Mitsukuni appeared.
"Oh my, Nagisa. You look so cooool!" he said, running over her and hugging her, and they didn't fall just because Nagisa was used to his affection outbursts by now. "Doesn't she look cool, Takashi?"
"You look pretty, Nagisa." said the always stoic Takashi Morinozuka, and Nagisa laughed a bit.
Even if she usually wore the boys uniform at middle school, her 3-E gear was the female one, as it adapted better to her figure, giving her more freedom when it came to kicks and elasticity. So she was indeed looking good, if a bit girly for a change.
"Thanks, guys. It's one of my uniforms from the Ministry. It has some cool stuff, so I thought it could help me tonight. Hey, you know were Kyoya and Tamaki are? I've been waiting for them for almost twenty minutes now." she said, while her friends asked her who were the ones she was talking with.
"Tama-chan is finishing with his costume, and Kyo-chan is waiting for him." informed Mitsukuni, now in Takashi's arms.
"Hey, Nagi, we're close. You better make them leave if you don't want they to see us." as always, Karma was helpful when it counted. Nagisa's eyes widened a bit, before they got back to normal again.
"Okay, then... why don't you two head over before? That way you'll be surprise when you find us. The event has already started, so go and find some items, 'kay?" she said, trying to sound as naturas as she could. For a second Nagisa thought they wouldn't leave, seeing how Honey was looking at her, but then he seemed to give up.
"Okay. We'll se you later, Nagisa!" Mori-senpai just nodded and ruffled her hair, and then they took off.
The bluenette sighed in relieved. She thought there was gonna be some troubles for a second there.
"Alright, it's clear. You can come in, guys." she quickly informed her friends, who were with her moments later.
Watching them all together again made Nagisa feel nostalgic. She missed the times when they would train at the mountain, playing paintball, and cops and robbers, and when they would all charge against Korosensei, trying countless of times even if they knew it wouldn't work. And when she went to space with Karma... those were her best memories, along with the ones she had with the Host Club. That was her real family, and it was nice to see them all together again.
"Hey, Nagisa. Who were those guys you were talking to. One seemed to be a kid, it was someone's little brother?" asked Hinano, and Nagisa giggled a bit.
"No, that was Honey." obviously, it didn't ring any bells, and Nagisa rolled her eyes. "Haninozuka Mitsukuni." and everyone's mind exploded.
"No way!"
"But it was obviously a kid!"
"You gotta be shitting!"
"Alright, who was that, really?"
"I'm not lying, guys, that was Honey, I swear!" Nagisa said, a little loud so she could be heard over the noise. "I told you he was very sweet and cute, and Karma told you he physically looked younger than he actually is." she said, and they calmed down. It was still a bit unbelievable, but what Nagisa said made sense. "The one who was besides him was Morinozuka Takashi, Honey's cousin. Mori-senpai doesn't talk too much to anyone, specially if you're not Honey, but I think he has warmed up to me a bit becayse he talks to me sometimes... anyway, our mission will start soon, so we better get ready." and soon they were all in position, waiting for their target to come.
"It's nice." even when Rio barely whispered, everyone heard it through the comms. "To do this again."
"Yeah, it is." said Sumire, smiling while she leaned closer to Taisei, who wrapped his arms around her waist, nodding. "Thanks Nagisa." the bluenette didn't say anything, but words weren't necessary. Not to them. Not anymore.
They stayed silent for the next minutes, waiting for the right moment. And if finally came.
"Kyoya, come on! Nagisa's waiting for us outside, hurry!" the blond Host King was talking rather loudly, which was perfect for them, as he was unconsciously announcing their presence.
"If I'm correct, and I know I am, you were the one who didn't know which costume to wear, and that's the reason we took so long." Kyoya's cold voice made everyone who didn't know him re-think what they were about to do. Nagisa was sure it was okay? They didn't seem... compatible. At all.
The doors of the Music Room #3 opened then, and soon two figures appeared. They were total opposites, that was obvious just by the looks of them. Tamaki was smiling happily, wearing an elaborated mummy costume. It almost seemed real. Kyoya, on the other hand, was not wearing any costumes, the party popper, and he was, as always, writing on his black notebook A.K.A. his diary.
"Finally! I've been waiting you for half an hour, y'know? What took you so long?" asked innocently Nagisa, the only one of the former Assassination Classroom in sight. The others were hiding behind the doors, taking advantage of their enormous size.
"Our King couldn't decide which costume to wear, you know he loves to cosplay." said Kyoya, showing his annoyance towards his blond friend, who payed him no mind, as he was already gushing about Nagisa's 'costume'.
"You look so pretty on that uniform, Nagisa, so girly! Your little sister should learn from you, that way she would show her girly side!" Tamaki's eyes were shining, probably imagining something weird about Haruhi acting all lady-like and stuff. Nothing out of the ordinary, though.
"Yeah, yeah, it suits me, doesn't it? Is from the Ministry." she said, patting Tamaki's head to calm him down. It seemed to work well in class, as it did at the club.
Just like the twins and Haruhi were obviously close, so were the three second years. It wasn't very noticeable, specially with Kyoya, but if you payed close attention, you could tell they spent great part of their time together. Nagisa seemed to catch quickly into their expressions, just like the other two did, and it was obvious they spoke frequently, as the closeness was more than usual. Even Kyoya acted a bit more freely around Tamaki and Nagisa than he did with others.
"You, Kyoya Ootori, are the most boring person ever. Why aren't you wearing a costume?" said Nagisa, her hands on her hips, sending an accusative glare towards the Shadow King, who totally ignored it.
"Because I didn't think it was necessary. With the rest of our classmates is enough. I'll make sure everything goes as planned, and there's no need to cosplay for that." he explained with a smirk, glad he could get it his way.
Well, not likely.
"Boring." muttered Nagisa, making the signal. "Well, lets go. Honey and Mori-senpai are already looking for objects, and I really wanna see if I can spook Mori-senpai." she said with a grin, imagining how it would be to see an expression on her friend's face. Nagisa heard some giggling through her comm, but payed no mind. She would do it, the world needed to witness a scared Morinozuka Takashi for once.
The three started to walk to their homeroom, that was the designated area for everyone before they got to their positions. It was too, Kyoya's location for the night.
And then it happened.
All the class launched at once, perfectly synchronized. They grabbed the three hosts, as it would be suspicious if they just grabbed the boys, and started running, following Ritsu's directions.
Kyoya and Tamaki were trying to free themselves, struggling and shouting. For Nagisa, it was a bit satisfying to see Kyoya losing his composure like that. The bluenette herself was yelling too, pretending to be mad. Truth to be told, she was trying to hide the smile growing on her face. When Honey found out about this he was going to be so proud of her...
When they finally got to their destination—one of the many cupboards the school had—the former 3-E class of Kunugigaoka's middle school was efficient at throwing the two hosts inside said cupboard, immediately closing the door and locking it with the key Nagisa had. They all wore satisfied smiles, paying no mind to the exclamations and the blows against the door. They were far enough from the other people at the school so that nobody would hear them. No matter how loud they yelled, no one would come to help them until Nagisa decided it was enough.
"Whoever did this, I'll find who you are, and you'll regret it!" Nagisa was fast when she shook her head. He wouldn't do it, because Nagisa would tell him it was her who did it. Kyoya would just make her do something weird at the club, but to her friends... well, she wasn't taking her chances. He was a good guy, a really good one, but the Shadow King was not just a facade, either.
"Don't worry guys! I'll come to get you once the night's over. In the meantime, there's food, water, coffee and an electric kettle, pillows, blankets, and a deck of cards, so you won't get bored. Have a great time, love you!" and then Nagisa turned around, leaving her two friends on their own. Hopefully, something good would come out of it. That way, Kyoya's payback wouldn't be for nothing.
Nagisa motioned her friends to follow her, and so they did, smiling a bit. Her friend was truly something, wasn't she?
"Hey, you sure they're gonna be okay?" the 'they're not gonna kill each other?' was obvious in that sentence, but Nagisa just waved Minami's question off.
"Nah, they are gonna be just fine. They seemed like they can't stand each other, or well, Kyoya does, but the truth is that they are best friends, and Kyoya is used to spend long periods of time alone with Tamaki, so nothing will happen." she assured her, and with that it was settled. "Now, you can go around and do whatever you like. If you want, you can go and find something, or maybe try the 1-A's event, I'm gonna see what's up with it later. Thanks for the help, guys." she said, smiling at them.
"It was nothing. Glad we could help. It was actually fun to do this again, even if it wasn't as thrilling as the other things we did." said Yuuma, and the nods and murmurs of agreement echoed on the hall.
After a while, they eventually parted ways. Some went home, others decided to wander around and see how their friend's school was like, and Nagisa decided it was time to do her part for the class's event. They all bid their goodbyes, and the bluenette started to make her way towards her classroom to check in and start scaring the shit out of everyone.
Her plans got miscarried, though, as just when she was about to reach the homeroom's area, she was picked up again, and this time it wasn't planned.
A hand covered her mouth, muffling her shouts, and it didn't matter how hard she tried, she couldn't get away. It was more than one person, the number of hands told her so. And Nagisa wasn't into killing mode, because she didn't want to hurt them really badly, so she couldn't get away like she usually would—breaking their necks, or sliding a knife through their throats. Besides, they were probably students, so Nagisa was in no way gonna do that, there was no need of getting any powerful enemies at the moment.
After a while Nagisa stopped trying to get free, letting them take her to whereever they planned to. She didn't care anymore, it was still inside the school. Probably the basement, though, as they had gone down several flights of stairs.
Nagisa was no longer fighting, and as they had taken off the hand on her mouth, she was actually talking to her... kidnappers? Yeah, that was accurate.
"Well, so... where are you taking me?" the fact that Nagisa was talking didn't mean they were talking back. "Alright, if you don't wanna talk, I guess I can do it for the both of us." making it seem like she didn't know there were more than one person was a tactic Bitch-sensei taught her, and it was coming in handy now. "I'm gonna tell you a bit of my life, 'kay? So I work for the Ministry. The MOD, if you're being precise." she could feel how the hands grabbing her tensed, so they probably didn't know she worked for the Government before. Definitely students then. They kept going, though, probably thinking that, as they were filthy rich, nothing would happen. Yeah, right. "And so I train there every weekend and Fridays, and I also train with Honey and Mori-senpai. It's fun, you know? And Honey said soon I'll be able to fight Chika-kun! I'm so exited! Anyways, I do my homework every day, because I'm a responsible student, and I come every day to the Host Club. I still wonder why did I joine. I must had been pretty bored back then... but it doesn't matter, because I met a lot of nice people, and now I..." she was cut off by one of the kidnappers.
"Shut up already." it was obviously a masculine voice, and Nagisa smile, victorious.
"Thanks, I now know your voice. Make sure you don't come near me ever again, because if you do and I hear you, you're dead." her tone was serious, and Nagisa released some of her bloodlust, just enough to scare them.
It worked nicely. The guys freaked out, and shoved her inside the nearest classroom they found, locking her inside and running away.
'Cowards.' she mused to herself, leaning against the door. 'Now how am I supposed to get out of here?'
Her phone had no reception, and the was probably no one close enough to hear her. Just great.
Oh, well, she would have to wait. At least she had her knifes...
"I am going to kill her." Kyoya was calmly leaning against the wall, his eyes closed. His threat wasn't at all convincing, and both Tamaki and Kyoya knew it.
"No, you won't. She's one of the few people who would dare to do this, and you value that." answered Tamaki, who was sitting besides him, shuffling the cards. "What do you want to play?"
"Canasta." replied Kyoya, and so Tamaki distributed the cards.
As they started to play, the two second years started to relax. At some point both of them took one blanket and a pillow, the game forgotten, and they just leaned down, inches apart, and started talking. There was not an specific topic, just whatever came to their minds. The room was soon filled with chatting and coffee. Now that the two of them were alone, with no distractions—Nagisa was no fool, so obviously Kyoya didn't have his notebook nor his laptop with him—they could just... be. It was nice, to just talk, no worriying about anything else.
"The other day my grandmother requested my presence at the main Estate." suddenly said Tamaki. Kyoya, who was listening carefully, changed his position, so he was now facing his blond friend. "She said I was a disgrace to the Suoh's, nothing I haven't heard already. She also said... well, she implied that, if I accept a marriage proposal... I can see my mother again." Tamaki then looked at Kyoya, who didn't know what to say. What was he supposed to answer?
"I see." that was all Kyoya could say. If he let his tong keep talking, he would end up sounding like an idiot. Tamaki didn't seem to mind, as he kept talking.
"I... I don't know what to do. I don't want to marry some stranger, but... I haven't been able to see my mother for the past three years." Tamaki looked so desperate, was so desperate, Kyoya didn't know what to do either. A part of him wanted to hug him, confort him in some way, to at least try. But the other one, the rational part of him, wanted to stay still, wanted to shield himself from the pain, knowing that it was wrong. And it was. It was so wrong in so many levels Kyoya couldn't even start to count them.
And still, he didn't seem to care.
Slowly but firmly, Kyoya's arms surrounded Tamaki, giving the half French boy the hug he needed. That was the last straw, because moments later, Tamaki started to cry. It weren't his host tears, the ones that didn't ruin his face and made all the guests swoon. Those tears were real, sad, helpless ones. His face scrunched, eyes screwed shut, and he trembled violently in an attempt to stop convulsing with his sobs. He was in front of a crisscross, and Tamaki had no idea which path he would pick. He didn't want to pick.
Kyoya didn't say anything, letting him cry it all out. He heard patiently everything Tamaki had to say, not saying a single word. But he never broke the embrace, and he even tightened it, pulling Tamaki closer to him.
In return, he blond told him everything that had been bugging him. His father's lack of protection, his grandmother's hateful words, her missing mother, and now the apparent marriage proposal. There was just so much he could handle, and even the Host King had his limits. Apparently, he had reached them, and passed them.
The Shadow King waited until Tamaki had calmed down, and them whipped his tears away, giving him a small smile, one of the few real ones Kyoya had.
"I won't tell you everything is going to be alright, because I don't know if it will, but I will tell you that I'll do everything in my power to help you sort things out." 'even if it breaks my heart.'
It was a promise, and Ootori's, specially Kyoya, didn't break their promises.
It had been, what, three hours? Probably, judging the marks of her knifes on the wall. Nagisa could throw knifes at a speed of 0.5 seconds, and by the looks of it, she had thrown at least two thousands times, and even Nagisa could do some quick math, so... well, it was better than nothing, as her phone was out of battery and she was waiting for some of the workers to get down there and find her.
'But why? I mean, it's not like I've made enemies on purpose, and I don't remember having any fights with anyone...' it was certainly strange. Since Nagisa first got to Ouran, she had never suffered of bullying or abuse of any kind. People were nice to her, or at least polite, and when she joined the Host Club that only increased. So why now was she locked up inside of a room on the school's basement in the middle of the night?
"Maybe if I had my phone... then Ritsu could help. If she was able to function on space, then a basement should have been no problem." she mused, sighing before throwing her knife again. The wall cracked a bit when the weapon embedded on it. The bluenette walked across the room and pulled out the knife from the wall. That had been more or less all she had done for the last three hours. Super exiting, right?
The bluenette then sat on the floor, her back leaned against the door. Nagisa was tired, she wanted to get home, or at least to sleep, but she couldn't because if she fell asleep, she wouldn't hear if someone got downstairs, and so she wouldn't call for help, and then she would be trapped for all eternity, turning into a ghost to wander around with the tower's witch on Halloween's night.
Dramatic? Not at all.
"I'm booooooooored!" she whined, pressing her head against the door as well. Was it karma? Because if it was, she was going to be so mad. She had locked up Kyoya and Tamaki together! They made each other company! And she left food, drinks, games, blankets and pillows! It was in no way fair!
She was thinking about her faith, that she would die there out of starvation and water deprivation, when she heard steps coming closer. Immediately Nagisa was standing up, calling whoever was out there to help her. She kept shouting, and as the steps came closer, Nagisa's hope grew. She was not going to die! Somehow karma had taken pity on her soul and was going to help her!
Finally, the door opened, and Nagisa realized her savior was no other than Morinozuka Takashi.
"Mori-senpai! Thank Kami and the sushi lord you're here! I thought I would die for a second." she laughed a bit, hugging her senior in gratitude.
'Now I feel bad about wanting to scare him...' she thought, deciding Mori-senpai was too kind to deserve that.
"We were looking for you." he explained, patting her head.
"We?" she asked, noticing Honey wasn't with him. "Where's Honey?"
And just as if he was the devil himself, the blond senior appeared, looking preoccupied for something. When he spotted Nagisa, though, his eyes started to glow, and his whole expression lightened. He ran towards his cousin and friend, hugging the bluenette so hard she thought maybe he would break her bones.
"Nagisaaaaa! I was so worried! When we didn't find you while we looked for treasures we came back to your homeroom, and they told us you never showed up, just like Tama-chan and Kyo-chan. We've been looking for you ever since." he said, and Nagisa smiled a bit, touched by the fact that they were worried.
"That's sweet of you, though it's kinda my fault Tamaki and Kyoya didn't show up. I may have locked them in one of the east west cupboards." she explained, touching the back of her neck while she spoke, and both seniors raised an eyebrow. "Don't look at me like that! You know they are stubborn, and blind, and I just wanted to help them up a bit! It was the perfect occasion, and I even get them pillows and blankets and cards, and food!" she said, and her companions sweat dropped. Of course she did.
"Alright, Nagisa, it's okay." said Mitsukuni, smiling a bit as he watched her fidgeting.
"Why were you here?" Takashi's question brought him back to reality. That's right, Nagisa was trapped too. And surely it wasn't anyone trying to pair her up with someone.
"Oh... I'm not sure. I was actually going to check in into my class's event, and suddenly some guys grabbed me and brought me here. I know at least one of them was a guy, I managed to make him talk, so if I hear his voice again, I'll recognize it." she said, sure of her habilites. "I don't know why they did it, though. You know I've never have a fight with anyone, so I have no idea why they just locked me up here." the bluenette then shrugged, not caring as much as she should. "Well, it doesn't matter. I'm out, and that's what matters." she said, smiling a bit.
"What? Of course not! Nagisa, what they did was wrong. If it wasn't because we were looking for you and decided to try here, maybe nobody would have find you. Nobody ever comes down here, not even the workers. The area has been in desuse for almost twenty years." said Mitsukuni, worryness clear on his factions. "Nagisa, I think... I think whoever locked you up didn't want you to get out."
Hey there! So... did you expected any of what happened? Glad to se the 3-E in action, even if it was briefly? Sorry about the OOCines (don't know if that's a word, but I'm gonna use it anyways) of Kyoya and Tamaki, had to do it. It wasn't suppose to go that way, it was going to be happier, I swear, but... I don't know, it just sort of happened. And what do you think about Nagisa? So bad she didn't get to scare Takashi hahahaha. But instead she got a riddle and maybe a threat! This is just about to start, so prepare yourself, the good stuff's coming.
Also, if you don't know who some of the characters were, that's because I was using their first names instead of their last names, like I've been doing since the beginning. You can find everything on AC or OHSHC's wikia though hahahaha.
That's all for now. Hope you like it, stay safe, and see ya next chapter! Kudos!
Patolemus.