I woke up to a strange feeling crawling up my spine. Sitting up slowly, i opened my eyes and yawned widely. A quick glance around the room, showed it empty, but there was a note on the desk bearing my name. Slipping out of bed i padded across the room and picked it up.

Nala -

I headed to school today since your fever broke last night. Dad is still on his business trip, so you'll have the house to yourself for the day. Drink some water, there's homemade pancakes in the fridge along with orange juice. Try to sleep some more to, you could use it you lost a lot of weight the past day. I'll be home to cook dinner after club hours, and be careful, there was something just not right in the air this morning, but that may have just been me.

-Haruhi

So...I mused. I'm not the only one who noticed it… A glance out the window revealed a cloudless blue sky, and no breeze rustling the tree branches. Maybe i'll take a walk around the block to clear my head, it's probably the result of being cooped up inside for the last day. She and i were going stir crazy. Nodding decisively, i tried to push the slight sensation of fear out of my mind, but it didn't work. I hadn't survived for 16 years by ignoring my gut feelings. And right now, they were telling me to be very careful and wary of my surroundings.

Stepping out of the bedroom, i walked down the hall to the kitchen and prepared my breakfast. The cold had hit hard and fast, but passed just as quickly like they were wont to do. It took all of five minutes of sitting there to realize there was no way i'd survive the day by myself without dying of boredom, and the aggravating gut feeling that something wasn't right. So hurrying back to the bedroom, i shrugged into the uniform, grabbed my book bag, and left for school locking up the apartment behind me.

I arrived at the school around lunch time, so rather than worrying over lunch since i'd eaten barely twenty minutes before, i went straight to the classroom to inform the teacher i'd be staying for school, and to apologize for my absence. He was very understanding, and totally ok with it before he told me to take a seat, or to go eat lunch before he left the room to do so himself. I chose to take a seat, and was getting my notebook out of my bag, when the classroom door opened and a haughty voice exclaimed.

"Oh look, it's back." It's? Hah, very funny. I purposefully kept my eyes on my notebook as i casually responded to the barb.

"Have you been shopping lately Ayanokoji? I heard they were selling personalities at the mall, you should go get one." I practically felt her pull herself up bristling angrily.

"No one asked for your opinion, failure."

"Yeah? And no one asked for your life story." She gasped.

"How dare you! You better be careful, i can have you kicked out of this school at the snap of my fingers! I have the contacts to do it, or even better, i could make you disappear!" I sighed in annoyance, and straightened to face her. My green eyes lit with annoyance, and a sneer curling my lip.

"Only a coward has others do their dirty work. Back off Ayanokoji, i'm not in the mood today for you." She and her minions stalked closer, and one of them, a tall narrow eyed girl who's hair was cut in an unattractive bob, snipped as she picked at the sleeve of my dress in a high pitched whiny voice,

"Why do you even wear a bra? You have nothing to put in it." Gah time to pull out the sex jokes i guess. So being me, i replied.

"Well, you wear pants don't you?" It took a moment for the comment to register, but when it did she yanked her hand back with an indignant gasp.

"Fuck you!" Her lips twisted awkwardly as she said the word, like it wasn't one that often came out of her wellbred mouth.

"No thanks i don't want herpes." She stormed off to her friend's side growling insults at me under her breath. This seemed to be the cue for the next one of Ayanokoji's minions to try their luck against me. A short, round girl, with squinty eyes, and unruly curls sidled up to my desk.

"You're ugly you have no right to talk to a beauty like Cho-san like that." I stared up at her in boredom.

"See honey the difference is this, i can get plastic surgery like the rest of you to fix my ugliness. She on the other hand, can't do anything to fix her stupidity." After a moment when the girl couldn't seem to find anything to say in response to that i decided to end it with her. "Look i have no problems with you. My problem is with your ringleader, so go away." She opened and shut her mouth for a moment, before ducking her head and shuffling back to the others. Ayanokoji was dripping with rage at this point. So, flicking a look at her i asked, "Who peed in your cheerios this morning?" She snarled angrily and stalked over to me grabbing my hair, and yanking my head back.

"Look you bitch-"

"If i wanted a bitch i'd have gotten a dog," She ignored my interruption, and continued anyway

"Watch your back. If you don't," She gave me a sickly sweet smile. "You won't be able to live to regret it." So saying, she dropped my hair making my head snap forward as the classroom door slid open and Haruhi's voice entered.

"Nala? Why are you here? I thought you were going to stay at home today. Oh, hello Seika-san." Ayanokoji and her minions sniffed and breezed by Haruhi out of the room. Rubbing my now aching scalp i glard at the girl as she left the room. What a little- "Nala? Nala are you listening?" I dragged myself out of my thoughts and grinned at Haruhi.

"Yeah Haru i'm listening. Say let's meet later during club hours, i have to talk to all you guys about something." As i spoke a bell rang announcing lunch was over, and with a nod Haruhi left the room to go to her classroom.

* Later on in life *

I stared at the stairs in annoyance. There;s no way i can make it up them in this condition. I was physically exhausted, the day had drained me completely, and now i was facing the struggle that was several flights of stairs. I was so tired that the annoyance inside me came out in tears, and shoulders slumping, i took a shaky first step up.

"Hello Nal-chan!" Freezing at the sound of the perky voice, i turned slightly to find Honey and Mori standing there.

"Oh! Hi guys!" Come to think of it...i never really talk to them...damn i need to they're both my senpai's so i probably should more than i do. That in mind i nodded to them respectfully. "You guys headed up to the club?"

"Yep!" Honey beamed at me from his place on Mori's shoulders. "Say Nal-chan," He lost the smile and cocked his head at me with a worried frown. "Should you be up so soon? You were really sick just yesterday!" I gave him a tired smile. Even as Mori made a noise of agreement.

"I'll be fine guys thanks though for worrying! I'm honestly more worried about these stairs being the death of me than that cold." Turning back i scowled at said stairs. "So i guess i'll meet you guys at the top?"

"Wait Nal-chan! Takashi!"

"Mn." A moment after they spoke, a pair of arms slipped around my waist and hoisted me up bridal style into a pair of strong arms.

"Oof!" Glancing up i stared in shock at Mori. "Uh, Mori-senpai…?" Honey answered for him.

"Takashi is gonna carry you because you're so tired! You're our friend Nal-chan so it's not a problem!" I grinned at him.

"Well i won't complain if your not." Turning my head to stare up at Mori, i sent him a smile to. "Thanks Mori! You're the best!" He merely nodded his head.

"Mn." I sweatdropped, while still grinning. Is that all he says to everyone who's not Honey-senpai?

We reached the top not son after, with Mori carrying me, and Honey skipping on ahead, occasionally stopping to run back to us to chatter on to Mori or I about something that happened to him. Gosh he's a cutie pie. Hard to think he's my senpai and not in grade school at times like this.

"Don't you agree Nal-chan?" Honey's question of my opinion dragged me from my thoughts, and with a rueful grin i looked down at him.

"Sorry Honey-kun, what was it you were asking? I zoned out for a minute there." He waved it off like it was no big deal and repeated the question.

"Don't you agree vanilla cake is as good as chocolate? But i like both...especially when they put strawberries on them! I love strawberries Nal-chan! How 'bout you?" I grinned at his exuberance over cake, before frowning thoughtfully.

"I dunno Honey...I like chocolate better than vanilla, but you're right they're both good! And it's a no for me when it comes to strawberries, I'm allergic to them so i can't eat them." He stared up at me in thought for a moment, before smiling widely.

"Well if you like cake we should eat cake together sometime! Do you want to Nal-chan?" His eagerness was irresistible, and i found myself unable to say no. When he received my consent, i thought he would do a backflip from pure joy, but instead he proceeded to skip in circles around us till we finally reached the host club. Setting me down, Mori straightened back up and was about to step away. before i shouted,

"Wait!" He paused and turned back to me. Bowing, i spoke hurriedly. "Thank you Mori-senpai!" Straightening, i dashed past him into the club room whistling happily leaving behind a very confused, silent male.

I made it all of two steps into the club room, before suddenly, a twin appeared on either side of me and grabbed onto my arms.

"Hey what're you-OI!" I tried to yank myself out of their arms as suddenly a black bag was thrown over my head preventing me from seeing. "What the heck guys!? Let me go!"

"No can do Nallaa." They replied in a singsong way. "We have orders straight from the boss and the shadow king to take you to the car."

"Honey! Mori!" I tried hollering for them, but all one of the twins did was make a tutting noise and question mockingly.

"Honestly did you think that would work Nal-chan? They were in on it the whole time." Grrrr the people in this club!

I was dragged all the way back downstairs, out of the school, and into a waiting limo, before the bag was ripped off my head. At this point i was fuming.

"What the hell is this!?" Turning in shock, i found Haruhi next to me on the seat in an equal state of annoyance at the club members. Tamaki merely chuckled and beamed at us.

"You will see my poor, deprived daughters. You will see."

"We're not that poor."

"Or deprived…" Haruhi and i spoke at the same time, before glancing at each other in hopes one of us had a clue as to what was going on. Neither of us did, and we lapsed into silence assuming that we'd discover what this crazy plan of the host club was sooner or later.

I wasn't sure about Haruhi, but since this was really the first time i'd been caught up in the hosts craziness, i was both a little excited, and a bit terrified. After what was probably an hour and a half drive, the car slowly ground to a halt, and the door was flung open to us. What it revealed had both Haruhi and i sweat dropping. It seemed we'd been brought to some form of tropical resort, tall palm trees and plant life stretched out along a beach of some sort, while ponds and wade pools covered the area we could see just then.

"Uh…"

"What is this?" Haruhi and i were starting to sound like the twins, but we both wanted answers pretty badly. "This is japan? There aren't supposed to be any tropics here…" Haruhi trailed off, and while she was stared off into the trees around the pavillion area, Tamaki appeared out of nowhere behind her, and resting at arm around her shoulders pointed.

"Look Haruhi, there are birds from the south tropics here." He began sparkling at this point. "Pretty aren't they? I wonder what they're called... "

"Where's the exit again?" Tamaki totally ignored her question, somehow suddenly no longer next to her he was relaxing in the shade of a sun umbrella with a drink and in a swimsuit.

"Time like this is important to us to just relax so we can refine and take care of our around the clock beauty." Haruhi and i shared equally unimpressed glances.

"Look Tamaki...Neither of us signed up, or really care for these kinds of pointless activities. Can we just go already? And also since you're all vampy shouldn't you, i dunno, not be in the sun!?" Before he could respond to me, Haruhi spoke.

"Besides senpai. I have to study, and do laundry today. Where is this place anyway?" As he opened his mouth to speak, i glanced around just noticing all the other hosts seemed to be gone. Where'd they go…? I hope they didn't get like eaten by a crocodile or anything… However, someone began speaking before i could ask.

"This is a theme park owned by the Ootori group." I nearly jumped out of my skin and spun to face Kyoya sitting on a nearby chair under a sun umbrella.

"Gah Ootori! When did you get there!? You weren't there a second ago!" He ignored my question, merely raising an eyebrow as if chastising me on my lack of awareness , before responding to Haruhi's question about how she thought they only ran a hospital.

"Well, it's a diversified enterprise that does a lot of different things. But, you could say this is related to therapy." Therapy my ass. Damn rich people. "The Ootori group is always thinking of the happiness of others."

"That sounds relentlessly shady…" I seconded Haruhi's thoughts.

"I bet the Yakuza say the same thing…." When he explained that it hadn't been opened to the public yet, but that we'd reserved it privately for the day, i began to get an odd niggling feeling. When i turned to face the water, well gee golly. You'd never guess who popped up outta nowhere all wearing swimsuits and goofing off in a small wade pool. That's right, the rest of the hosts. It is beyond freaky how they can all do that.

"Haru-chan! Nal-chan!" Honey's happy voice was suddenly next to us as he began bouncing around. "Want some coconut juice? Or mango cake?" He was all but radiating hearts and happiness. uhhh what?

"Um, sure the coconut juice for me." He looked at me expectantly, but i shook my head.

"Nothing for me right now thanks though Honey!"

"Haiiii!" He dashed off to get Haruhi's drink. That was...weird…. Glancing around, I found Mori over at another wade pool staring off over the water. Before i could go over to talk to him though, the twins appeared next to us.

"Oi! Haruhi! Wanna go down the waterslide?" Before she could even answer, Kaoru blinked and spoke.

"What's up with your getup?" Blinking, Haruhi and i looked down at our outfits. She was wearing a simple sweatshirt and shorts, while i was still in the disgusting yellow uniform not having had a chance to change when we arrived.

"Ahh..this?" She seemed lost in thought for a moment, before shrugging casually. Hikaru chucked away the peel of a bana he'd been eating, and exclaimed.

"So you're not going swimming? By any chance, can you even swim?" Haruhi scowled at them slightly, but said,

"I think i can swim as well as the next guy, but i'm just not very interested in this place. And i'd rather go home and study than be here in this place goofing around." Hikaru didn't get a chance to reply to that, because Kaoru turned to me and asked,

"Why are you wearing the uniform still?" Sweatdropping, i backed away a little.

"Uh, well, um, you see….I didn't bring a swimsuit to school because i wasn't planning on getting abducted to a tropical waterpark!" I ended up glaring at them, but they didn't seem fazed. Rather, they grinned at each other evilly.

"We can fix that." Something tells me we have very different opinions of 'fix'.

I was right, because minutes later i found myself locked into the women's changing room with two identical twin maids who were trying to force me into a swimsuit. I could hear the twins outside chuckling at me, but at the moment i was too distracted by the knotted strings the maids were holding towards me, for me to yell at them.

"Uh...what is that?"

"A swimsuit of course."

"Um, i'm sorry i'm just not seeing it. It kinda looks like knotted strings, not exactly the sturdiest suit ever…." They were starting to circle me like sharks. "Uh, what's with those looks." Their eyes flashed creepily.

"We need to get you out of that uniform so you can try these on."

"Oh, well if that's the case i can just change-OI DON'T STRIP ME YOURSELVES YOU CREEPS GOSH DARN IT GIVE ME MY BRA BACK! THIS IS SEXUAL HARASSMENT!" The snickering outside turned into full blown laughter at that. "SHUT UP YOU SHADY TWINS! OR SO HELP ME I'LL SET TAMAKI AND HIS BASEBALL BAT ON YOU!" The snickering stopped to an extent, but by this point i was shoved into a suit and tossed out of the changing room by the maids. A quick glance at myself showed a semi decent suit covering me. It was a soft cotton candy pink, with a regular bikini bottom and top that were connected through a series of strings down the front. Well, it is cute...even if the method of being put into it was less than enjoyable.

Looking around revealed the twins to be gone, so i made the short walk back to the wade pool alone, only to find Haruhi watching the twins and Tamaki in annoyance as they sat whispering about how what she thought was a pool was a pool even if they didn't think it was one. I got there in time to hear Tamaki whisper,

"She only has a pitiful commoners knowledge!"

"But a boat is a boat!" Turning to her i raised an eyebrow.

"They had no idea what you were talking about when you told them about what you think of vinyl pools did they?" She frowned at them heavily before turning to me with an annoyed aura saying,

"I'm beginning to feel incredibly unpleasant for some reason." I patted her shoulder sympathetically.

"Gomen Haru. I feel your pain, but cheer up we'll be out of here soon, what's the worst that could happen?" Even as i spoke, a shadow began to overtake Tamaki and us. With a startled look, we turned to fine the twins shadows growing and covering a whimpering Tamaki as they whispered together. "Or...I spoke to soon my bad."

"Y-you idiots! Tamaki leapt out of their shadows. "It is only natural as her guardian to do so! Besides! Even wearing a swimsuit it is not right for a girl to expose so much skin to boys around her!"

"Oh," i whispered to Haruhi. "He's having weird fantasies about you again i get it." She began giving him the most blank death stare ever known to terrorize mankind causing him to freeze where he stood.

"Haru-chan!" Honey was suddenly at her side with her drink tugging at her arm. "Let's go play! They have a current pool right over there!"

"No thank you Honey senpai. I'm not going to swim today, wait a minute...do you even know how to swim?" He nodded up at her happily, eyes open wide and innocently.

"Mmmmhhhmm! Just looks cuter this way." He wiggled a little making the tub around his waist slide a bit before dancing off to the current pool.

"Ahh i see, because of the bunny design." Haruhi nodded sagely, but suddenly the ground started to shake. WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!? And a voice came out of nowhere.

"Tepid! Quite tepid!"

"Haru!?" I turned to her my eyes wide with a mix of fear and shock. She just whispered.

"Remember that girl i told you about? Renge-san? This is her."

"Oh…" I trailed off as a girl appeared out of the ground and began ranting about cosplay and Honey… "I think i'll leave you guys to it with her, and go play with Honey in the current pool…" So saying, i turned and jogged to the pool, splashing over to Honey. "Honey-kun!" He grinned over at me.

"Hi Nal-chan!" His smile was all hearts and sparkles practically blinding me.

"Whoa there senpai! Tone down on the cuteness factor before i lose all my senses!" He stared at me for a moment before…..

"You think i'm cute?"

"Of course i do!" He seemed to relax a fraction when i said that. There's obviously a story behind that, i'll ask Haru later. We splashed around in the current pool for a while, even joined by Mori for a bit as he swam and we sat on his back to see if we'd go anywhere. We didn't. The current in this pool is a bit scary it's so strong to be honest...I may mention that to Ootori later and see if it's a problem at all.

A glance onto dryland showed Tamaki slipping on the banana peel Hikaru had chucked aside earlier, and slide straight into a Tiki statue losing his water gun in the process. The eyes on the statue all started glowing, and holding onto Honey's bunny tube with one hand, i pointed with the other.

"Senpai look! The eyes on the statue are glowing!" He spun around to look with a small laugh, but suddenly, there was a ferocious rumbling noise. Spinning to face the other way, i let out a scream at the giant tidal wave bearing down on us. "HONEY WATCH OUT!" I threw my arms around him so we'd stay together, before the wave crashed into us, sweeping us both under. We were being swept along violently, and suddenly, i slammed into the side of the current pool banging my head hard in the process. Everything went dark, as my hold on Honey loosened.

* *Author's note* *

So thanks to a wonderful review i got! It has been brought to my attention that the bonds between characters need some work, so i may work on that for the next few chapters and use actual episodes to help build character bonds before i bring the climax around. Sound good to all you guys? Also, if i'm using actual episodes, it means i'll be able to update faster since i won't have to worry quite so much about making all my own dialogue and chapter ideas. Did i do an ok job of representing the episode and all that through Nala's POV? Enjoy the chapter everyone! I'll try to have the next one up within a few days.