Hey all! It's a new chapter! First off I wanna thank everyone for all the birthday wishes and all the adds and reviews! I really appreciated them. Oh so random fact, I actually tried fatty tuna AKA ootoro in Japan. OMG it is freaking delicious. Haruhi and Setsuna have no idea what they are missing out on. Lol.

Disclaimer: Ouran, characters and plot, belong to the amazing Bisco Hatori. Everyone else belongs to me. Enjoy!

Chapter 24: Let's Brawl!

I felt my long hair swish behind me as I walked the four boys towards my spot. Since I had more than I normally did, I was able to get the couches. I sat down in the middle of the couch and two of the boys sat next to me while the other two across on another couch with a table in between us.

"Well, let's start with introductions. I'm Ayase Setsuna and I am a third year in Class A," I smiled at them.

"I'm Harada Yuki and I am a second year in Class A," Yuki said. He had light brown hair that was a bit spiked up and light brown eyes to match and was sitting to my right.

"I-I'm Watanabe Kazuki and I'm in the first year Class B," Kazuki said. Now this boy had dark brown hair and hazel colored eyes. His hair was a spiked up compared to Yuki's. Kazuki sat across from me to my left.

"Hi! My name is Hiwatari Ryusuke and I am a second year in Class A," Ryusuke smiled widely as he introduced himself. He had brown hair that was lengthwise between short and medium with layers and he had dark brown eyes. Ryusuke occupied the seat to my left.

"And I'm Souen Malik. Currently a first year in class A and single," Malik said with a wink. Malik had black hair that had a bit of his hair covering his right eye and his eyes were a mixture of hazel and green. Malik sat across from me to my right.

So my first round of customers consisted of guys younger then me and one who seemed to be flirtatious and one who could possibly shy. Hmm, how is this gonna work out?

"So boys, tell me something. What made you interested in coming here today?" I asked as I played with my long ponytail. I looked at each of them and waited for their response. The first one to speak was Ryusuke.

"Well, Yuki and I heard that the Host Club was doing a Super Smash Bros. Brawl theme and immediately we became interested. We talked to Ootori-kun and asked him what's he gonna do with that. And soon after he told us that we were welcomed to come since he was opening it for us guys as well," Ryusuke explained as he smiled at me.

"In other words, we came because we liked the idea of Super Smash Bros. Brawl and because there was actually going to be a Brawl. And plus we think you're cute," Yuki said after Ryusuke.

'Wow that was straight forward,' I thought to myself. "How about you, Malik?"

He smiled and said, "Well, I heard this from the Hitachiin's and Fujioka while they were talking in class. Once I heard the theme, I immediately thought of the costumes. And they made an excellent choice with yours, Setsuna-senpai."

'Ah this one is a little perv. Either he is a closet one, unconsciously does it, or knows that he is one. And he is barely a first year? Jeez.'

I turned to look at Kazuki and saw him twiddle his fingers around while looking at them. He seemed nervous being here. "Kazuki," I called. He lifted his head up and looked at me. "Are you alright?" I asked concerned.

"O-Oh, I'm alright," He answered.

"Okay, just checking."

The time I had with the boys was pretty fun. They got to know me and I got to know them. Although, there were some moments when it got out of hand; especially when Kyoya decided to place more guys with the ones I was currently with.

"Setsuna-hime," Malik and his friend, Miroku, were now sitting next to me seeing that Yuki and Ryusuke went to bring some snacks.

"Yeah?" I was feeling them move more closely to me. Aw how cute; they want to try to do something.

"We were wondering," Miroku, the black haired and light brown eyes first year, began as he placed his arm over my shoulders.

"Whether you were single," Malik finished off by putting his arm around my waist.

"Setsuna," I smiled at the voice that was behind me.

"Yeah, Takashi?" I turned to look at him.

He sent small glares at the two first years as he held his sword – it's a real sword, just letting you know – with a firm grip as it was placed over his shoulder. He then said, "Everything alright?"

I smiled at him and said, "Everything is okay. Right, boys?"

Malik and Miroku immediately removed their arms off my body and they really did look frightened. They both stuttered out, "R-Right, Setsuna-senpai. S-So-Sorry, Morinozuka-senpai."

I gave Takashi a wink before he left. After those turn of events everything continued being as normal as it could be. But then, the devil herself showed up.

"Oh-hohoho!"

High-power Motor

The ground began to shake as it opened up to reveal Renge. Seeing that it was a theme day, she too was dressed as a Super Smash Bros. Brawl character. But the one she chose made me a bit freaked since it was too much pink. Princess Peach rose on top of the motor with a white parasol and immediately she pointed at me and my customers.

"This is the perfect example of MOE! Setsuna-senpai as the young fighting Samus surrounded by the men who want to save her yet she needs not to be saved. The passion that these men feel… MOE!" Renge narrated as she walked around me with a microphone in her hand.

Hikaru and Kaoru then suddenly appeared behind me and shouted, "Now that the moe is out, we have fresh copies of Setsuna-senpai modeling for our fashion magazine! Only for a limited time ladies and gentlemen!"

"What the hell?!" I shouted as a stampede of both boys and girls ran at the twins.

I just sighed and walked back to the couch. 'I better get some of this profit of theirs. Ah! Maybe I can use the profit for Haruhi! Yeah that would be great!'

Once I sat down, that's when I noticed Kazuki still sitting there. Okay, now I am concerned. Practically everyone went off to get that damn magazine, but Kazuki is just sitting there staring into space. I got up from the seat I was sitting on and walked over to the empty seat next to him.

"Kazuki-kun, are you alright?" I asked him as I placed my hand on his left shoulder.

He immediately jumped in fright from the contact but soon calmed down as soon as he saw me.

"I-I'm fine, Setsuna-senpai," He mumbled in a low voice.

"Kazuki, I know that there is something wrong. Remember that I am the Maternal Type. I know when there is something wrong. So please, tell me what's wrong," I told him as I looked at him.

He sighed and asked, "Do you believe in love at first sight?"

"Sometimes…why?"

"Well, I fell in love with someone when I was younger. I met her at a meeting that my father and her father had. Our fathers said that we should play and so I asked her if she liked video games. She smiled at me and said that she loved them. That's when I knew that I was in love," Kazuki's eyes became distant as he recalled his memories and told me.

"We grew up together practically. We went to Elementary together and then when we were in our last year of elementary, we became distant. She would be playing with all the girls and I was with the boys. I fear that she has forgotten me. But I am so scared to confront her and say that I love her. And it doesn't help that I found out that I am to be engaged with someone. I don't want to marry another girl; only her."

"If I may, what is this girl's name?" I asked him.

"Yamamoto Rini. She's actually here right now. She's being hosted by Haninozuka-senpai. She's the one with brown hair in pig tails," He pointed to his dream girl.

I turned to look at who this girl was and immediately I found her. She was really pretty. Like Kazuki said, she had brown hair that was being held in pig tails with white ribbons. From what I remembered, she had dark green eyes.

"I gave her those ribbons for White Day when we were in elementary," He told me.

I looked back at him and saw the look on his face. It looked like the face of a person with a broken heart. I couldn't bear the look for I had seen it once on my otou-san's face when okaa-san left him. And now it broke my heart seeing him like this. Right now, love was a very sensitive topic to me since I was going through my own issues, but I want his love to prevail.

"Do you know what this club does, Kazuki?" I asked him. He looked up at me and awaited my answer. "We have this club to make girls happy. But since I am a girl, I guess in my case, I am to help make boys happy too. Kazuki, let's get your dream girl!"

He beamed with happiness once those words left me mouth, "Really?!"

"Yup! But for this to work, we're gonna need some assistance," I grinned in excitement.

Ten Minutes Later

Around me was Haruhi, Hunny, and Kazuki. Yup those two are my recruits. I paced back and forth thinking up a plan to find a way to get Kazuki and Rini together somehow.

I then stopped pacing and said, "Alright soldiers! I, Ayase Setsuna, A.K.A. Suna-chan, A.K.A. Samus, am your general right now. The war we are currently in is the war of love. Our goal right now is to get two people together and not bring in attention of the others who are currently in this room. Any ideas, soldiers?"

It was silent around. I sighed and sat down on the chair that was in front of the couch that the three were sitting on. I crossed my legs and said, "C'mon you guys! There's got to be something we can do."

"Isn't this something that Tamaki-senpai would do?" Haruhi asked as she looked at me.

I became dumbfound when she actually said that, "Holy crap! You're right. But this is different. The Maternal Type is in charge. Not that idiot. No offense Tamaki if you heard me. But there's something that we got to do."

I looked back and forth between Hunny, Haruhi, and Kazuki. I sighed since no ideas came forth into my mind. I turned my head around and looked around me. Hikaru and Kaoru being incestual Mario Bros.; Kyoya smooth talking the ladies since he is 'cool'; Takashi showing the girls his sword and demonstrating how to use it; Tamaki being Tamaki. Wait hold up!

My head turned back to where Takashi was and his sword. That's when a genius idea popped into my head.

"I got it!" I shouted.

The other three freaked a bit at my sudden outburst. I grinned sheepishly and apologized.

"What's the idea you have, Suna-chan?" Hunny asked as he held Usa-chan on his lap.

"Do you remember how Kyoya said that we were going to 'brawl?" I used my fingers to make quotation marks when I said brawl. "Well, we are going to have a tournament against the customers. A Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournament."

"How is that suppose to help Watanabe-kun?" Haruhi asked.

"Well, while the girls are desperately trying to beat the other girls to win for let's say a kiss from someone, Kazuki can go and confess to Rini-san. Ne?"

"I guess I can give it a shot," Kazuki said as he looked at me.

"So it's settled. Let me go tell the idiot to tell mommy to make the tournament," I said before walking towards Tamaki.

I somewhat skipped my way towards Tamaki and all I heard was boys saying cute when I would pass by them. Immediately, I sweat dropped and just began to walk. As soon as I was close to Tamaki, I called out his name.

"Tamaki," I said in a sing-song voice.

"Ah Setsuna-senpai, what brings you here?" He asked as he lowered the girls hand that he was close to kissing.

"Well since we are dressed as Super Smash Bros. characters, I had an idea that might interest you. Since you are the king here, I was thinking that there should be a tournament that these lovely ladies should partake in to try to win a kiss from you," I told him and once the girls heard win a kiss, they were all in for it.

"That's a wonderful idea. I, the King of Brawl, will announce this competition. Now run along, Setsuna-senpai."

I smirked and walked back towards the others. I gave them a thumbs up since I had succeeded.

"Phase 1, complete," I said to them as soon as I sat down.

It wasn't long before Tamaki made his announcement.

"Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention and gather around. My fellow hosts, will you join me up front," Tamaki began.

With that as our cue, we all got up from our seats and walked over towards Tamaki. I winked at Kazuki before continuing my walk and as soon as I neared, I stood next to Tamaki while Haruhi was to my left.

"We, the Host Club, would like to announce that today's brawl shall now become a tournament; a Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournament. The ladies here have a chance to compete to win a kiss from the King of Brawl, me."

As the words left Tamaki's mouth, the girls began to sequel in excitement.

"What about us?" I heard Malik shout from the crowd.

"Of course. The gentlemen shall compete for a chance to get a kiss from none other than Setsuna-senpai, the Princess of Brawl."

'This wasn't part of the plan!' I thought in my head as I looked at Haruhi.

"Of course, Host Club members, except Setsuna-senpai and I, are allowed to compete as well. But you are to use the characters that you are dressed as. Now that we have that settled, let the tournament begin!"

A large flat screen suddenly began to descend from the ceiling. There was only one person that would be able to do that.

I looked towards Kyoya and said, "You had this planned the entire time, huh?"

"Not really. I had this prepared just in case some spontaneous event was to occur. And look, it actually did. Now please excuse me, Setsuna-senpai. I have to make a table to show who is going to compete," Kyoya simply smirked and walked away.

'Damn Shadow King,' I thought as I walked off to the side.

Immediately soon after, the tournaments began. But before I say who was going first, let me say that there were approximately twenty-four girls that were willing to compete for Tamaki's kiss. I noticed that Rini was included. There were a totally of twenty boys competing too, well originally there were only sixteen, but Hunny, Takashi, Hikaru, and Kaoru decided to compete as well.

The first round was for the girls. This is how it worked: there are going to be twelve rounds of two girls playing. Only six of them were going to win and move onto the next round. Those six will then compete and after that only three would be left. And from those three, only one would win.

For the guys this was how it was laid out: since there are twenty of them and are more competitive than these girls – sadly – there would be 5 rounds with four guys playing at the same time. Since there is going to be an odd number right after that, there would be two rounds of four boys competing in the next round while the winner of the fifth fight will go straight to the last three. Then the winners of those two rounds will compete with the last guy and from there, there will be one winner left.

That doesn't sound bad….right?

And so, the brawling commenced. I was a bit disappointed that my plan seemed like it wasn't going to work now since Kazuki was being forced to play and the fact that Rini was playing too. And the fact that I am now a trophy to be won. This bites.

And so, once again, I sat there watching people brawl. I had to admit though, some of these girls can play really well. Especially Rini. But like Kazuki said, she loves video games so this has got to be one that she already owns.

When it was the guys turn to compete, specifically the fifth round of guys, I noticed that it was Kazuki who was competing against Hikaru, Kaoru, and Yuki. Kazuki was playing as Link; Hikaru and Kaoru as their respected characters; and Yuki was playing as Captain Falcon. The match began and I was completely amazed at what I was watching. Kazuki was kicking ass! He literally was pwning everyone that got near him. I turned to look at Rini and I immediately noticed that she was just staring at Kazuki with a blush on her face.

'Note to self: confront Rini.'

Once the match was over, the victor was Kazuki.

I walked over to him as soon as he finished and said, "That was amazing. How did you manage to do that!?"

He smiled and said, "My dad was one of the designers of the game and he owns the company that designs a lot of video games. Because of that, I'm able to get a sneak peak at his new games and test them out."

"Really? Wow that is awesome! And guess what, I saw a little someone looking at you while you played," I said to him and I smirked when I said the last part.

"S-She d-did!?"

I smiled and nodded my head, "Leave the rest to me now, 'kay."

He nodded his head in acknowledgment and that was my cue to confront Rini.

I walked over to her and sat down besides her. "Good job, Rini-san! That was an awesome fight you put up," I complimented the girl.

"O-oh! Thank you very much, Setsuna-senpai," Rini blushed a bit after speaking.

"Do you play often?" I asked her, trying to begin a conversation so I can then move on to my main point.

She nodded her head and said, "Yup! I really enjoy playing video games. I like all sorts, but my favorite would have to be fighting games. How about you, Setsuna-senpai?"

"I really like playing video games. I guess my favorite ones to play are fighting and shooting games. I'm deadly in those," I laughed after speaking. Time to get to the point. "Rini-san, do you by any chance have a boyfriend or a boy that you like?"

In an instant, she blushed like crazy, "W-Well, th-there is one boy that I l-like. B-But I doubt he remembers me."

"Who's this guy, if I may ask," I somewhat pressured her to continue.

"W-Watanabe Kazuki."

Success! Rini likes Kazuki! Now all I gotta do is have Kazuki confess to her. I looked at the chart and noticed that it was Rini's turn to fight.

"Oh, it's your turn again to compete, Rini-san," I told her as I pointed at the sign. "Good luck!"

"Ah, thank you, Setsuna-senpai!"

Now that she left, I headed back to Kazuki. I had a huge smile on my face as I approached him. I placed my arm around his shoulder and whispered to him, "Confess that you like her when the tournament is over."

He froze up and said, "W-What?!"

"Just trust me okay. Now I gotta go and be a trophy. Good luck!" I gave him a thumbs up and headed towards my seat.

When I sat down, I felt someone sit on the seat that was next to me. I turned to look at who it was and that's when I felt a small blush creeping up. Takashi sat next to me and looked at me curiously. I smiled at him and looked away for a second before looking back at him.

"What are you doing?" He asked me.

I knew that he meant the whole ordeal with Kazuki. So I said to him, "Trying to play cupid. I mean, they both like each other and I really want to help them find love."

He smiled at me and said softly, "I'm glad that you are doing that."

"Takashi, why is it that you are competing in the tournament?"

A blush appeared on his face as soon as I said that. I believe that he was about to answer but that's when Hunny came and said that it was his turn to compete again. With that, he got up and before leaving he only said one word.

"You," And with that said he walked away.

I became an apple. My face turned red after he said that. I can't believe that he is competing only for me. Does that mean he likes me too?!

After my whole red faced moment, I realized that it was the last round for the girls. Rini was one of the finalists and in the end it was between her and the other girl that she was competing against. I was a bit worried if she was to win because then Tamaki would kiss her and who knows if Kazuki would have the motivation to say something to her. Then in an instant, it was over. Rini lost and the girl, Yori, won.

I walked over to Rini and said, "Good job. Be glad that you won second place. Oh that reminds me, I wanted to ask you something."

Five Minutes Go By…

She agreed to the idea that I gave her and I smiled. All that was left is to see if Kazuki would win the tournament. We both watched the last round together and I saw that it was between Kazuki and Takashi. I really didn't know who to root for here. I really wanted Kazuki to win for my plan to work and then again I really wanted Takashi to win because he was doing this for me.

In a blink of an eye, the game was over. The victor was Kazuki. Now it was time for the plan to begin.

I walked over to Tamaki as he stood up and said, "Congratulations to both our winners! Now it's time to –"

"Hold up, Tamaki," I stood next to him. "I would like to challenge you to a Brawl. My terms are that if I win, I become High Queen of Brawl. If I lose, I'll dress up in any ridiculous costume you want me to wear. Including dresses."

Tamaki thought about this for a while until he said, "Let's brawl."

I smirked and walked over to pick up a Wii remote while he did the same. The menu screen loaded up and I went to change the settings. As I did, I spoke, "It will be a sudden death match. First one out loses."

"Alright."

We went to pick our characters and picked a random stage. The stage that was chosen was the Pokémon Stadium. Our characters then appeared and soon the game began. The first move that Tamaki made was he had Link prepare an arrow and once he shot it, I used the dodge button and was able to dodge it. Immediately I ran after him and powered up a kick. I released the left and B button and there went Tamaki flying off the stage.

"Game!" Hikaru and Kaoru shouted.

I grinned as I looked at Tamaki, "I win."

He smiled and said, "Congratulations, High Queen. Now would you like to commence the winning ceremony?"

"Sure," I said while walking over to the front. "Now before I begin the ceremony, I would like to declare a new Princess of Brawl since I am High Queen now. Yamamoto Rini is now the Princess of Brawl!"

Everyone applauded as I motioned Rini to come up where I stood. She blushed but nonetheless came up. She walked up to me and stood to my left.

"Now, may I have both our champions come forth," I spoke like if I was royalty. Yori and Kazuki both walked up towards Tamaki, Rini, and I. I looked at Tamaki and said, "You may now give a kiss to your queen, Tamaki."

With that said, he gave her a kiss on the cheek. Man that girl was blushing like crazy! But I found it funny because there were also other girls who had gotten kisses from Tamaki on the cheek. She probably just felt special that she won his "love" or something.

I then looked at Kazuki and motioned for him to speak. How? I jabbed his side with my elbow.

"R-Rini-san. I-I just w-wanted t-to – W-What I m-mean is," He stuttered at first but then stopped. He sighed and then said while looking straight into her eyes, "I love you."

"I love you too, Kazuki-kun!" With that said, they shared their first kiss.

That was truly an "awe" moment because it was just too sweet. I felt so happy there because they finally were able to admit their feelings to one another. I walked over to my fellow hosts/friends and smiled.

"Good job, Suna-chan," Haruhi said to me.

"I didn't do it all on my own. They just needed a push towards one another," I said while smiling at the couple.

"Did you know that they are engaged," Kyoya said with his as-a-matter-of-fact tone.

"Really? Wow that means that they were destined to be, ne Takashi? Suna-chan?" Hunny said while looking between me and Takashi.

"Yeah, Hunny, they were destined to be," I smiled at him.

"Un," Takashi said as well.

It was time to close now. Everyone had left and it was only us Host Club members left in the Third Music Room. We were already out of our costumes and we were now just relaxing while Kyoya counted today's profit.

"Setsuna-senpai," I heard Tamaki say.

"Yeah, Tamaki?"

"You did a really good thing today," He told me with a smile.

I already knew what he meant. I smiled and said, "Thanks, Tamaki."

"I can't believe we lost to Watanabe," Hikaru and Kaoru whined.

"It's because you both have a big ego," I told them while smirking.

"That's true," Haruhi agreed with me.

Hikaru and Kaoru just simply stuck their tongues at us and we both just laughed.

"Our profits were extremely high today. Perhaps I should do more events that are opened to male customers as well," Kyoya said as he gave us his money smile.

All of us sweat dropped at his comment. I'm actually a bit frightened to even think what he would do next. We all left the room and walked outside together for it was now time for all of us to leave. The sky was a beautiful orange tint showing that twilight was upon us. Haruhi and I were going to walk back together so we said our goodbyes.

"Setsuna," I heard Takashi's voice call out to me.

I walked towards him and said, "Yes?"

He pulled me close to him and placed a kiss on my forehead. I blushed when I looked back up at him.

"Be careful alright," He told me as he smiled at me.

"I will. See you tomorrow," I said before I kissed his cheek. It was now his turn to blush. I gave him one last smiled before I shouted, "Bye you guys! See you tomorrow!"

Shouts of goodbyes were heard as Haruhi and I walked out of the school gates.

"So Suna-chan, do you think anything might happen between you and Mori-senpai?" Haruhi asked me once we were a good distance from the school.

"Honestly Haruhi, who knows what can happen. We just have to wait and see. Yup, just wait and see."