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Chapter 31: Making a Prince
It has been three days since we began trying to make Nekozawa into a prince-like figure for Kirimi. Hopefully today we make better progress. From what the Twins told me, Renge has been really tough on him. And once again, Kirimi has shown up for the third time.
"Gariben, Otaku-neechan, read me a story," Kirimi asked us.
Haruhi and I sighed. Lucky for us, Kuretake had left us some shoujo manga the first time Kirimi showed up so we had reading material for her.
"C'mon, Kirimi-chan," I held out my arms for her.
She smiled and ran over to me. Once she was near, she jumped into my arms. What can I say; this was the cutest kid I've ever seen so far. She can probably get away with murder.
Haruhi and I then began reading her all these mangas. They really do have a lot of shuchi nikurin and reverse harems.
"Hey, Haruhi. Why don't you take a break? Maybe you can do homework or go visit the others while I tell Kirimi some stories," I told her.
"That would be great. I'll do some homework for a while," Haruhi then got up from the couch and was about to head towards one of the tables before I stopped her.
"Here," I held out my iPod. "This would probably help you concentrate."
"Thanks, Suna-chan."
"No problem."
As Haruhi walked away, Kirimi turned to face me. "Otaku-neechan, what story are you going to read me next?"
I smiled at her and said, "It's a story about a girl who meets all these different types of princes but falls in love with one of them."
"Tell me! Tell me!"
I laughed and said, "Okay, here goes.
"Once upon a time in a far away land called Tokyo, Japan and in the kingdom of Bunkyō, lived a peasant girl who dreamed dreams that seemed impossible to achieve. She wanted to be educated in different subjects, ideas, and theories of the world around her. Even though she was gaining knowledge about the area surrounding her, it wasn't enough to satisfy her. There was one place, one that she never even heard of, that was for sure going to educate her. That place was Ouran Academy; a place in which the elite – the rich and powerful – go to receive an education for their future.
"Her father, with his new career and better status, was able to get her to that academy. And that's where she met a maiden; a maiden who was also a peasant like herself. But the one thing that she learned from this maiden was that to the elite, this maiden was a gentleman or more specifically the Natural Prince. The peasant girl was confused but soon learned the reason why.
"A group of five Princes and a King were the reason why the maiden was a gentleman. The King, a young blonde with purple-blue eyes, was the ruler of this academy. His second was the Cool Prince, who made sure that this academy, or better yet empire, was running smoothly and accordingly. Then there was the Loli-Shota Prince who looked to be a young child but instead was the same age as the peasant girl. A set of twin princes, the Little Devil Princes, who were known for their love of pulling pranks, were two years younger than the girl. But there was one prince that caught the peasant girl's attention: the Wild Prince.
"The young peasant girl felt her heart beating fast once she set eyes on the Wild Prince, but she knew that nothing would happen. She was after all a peasant and he was a prince, one who was love and worshipped by all the Ladies in the academy. Even the Noble men wanted to be like him for the Wild Prince was talented in wielding a blade and was very intelligent. Soon though, the peasant girl was introduced by the Natural Prince to the King and other Princes. Immediately, she was welcomed.
"The peasant girl soon began working with the King and all of the Princes. As time went on, she got to know each one of them, especially the one she fell in love with. She would go on crazy adventures with them and even had to dress in bizarre clothes, but she did it because it was fun and she was enjoying herself. And then one day, the young peasant girl confronted two of her greatest fears. The Wild Prince had come and rescued her from those two fears and that night they shared their first kiss. As time went on, the two would show affection for one another in secret."
"Suna-chan," Haruhi came over. She handed over my iPod and said, "I'm going to go and see how everything is going. I should be back soon. Kirimi-chan, wait in this room, okay?"
Kirimi nodded her head while I spoke.
"No worries. We'll stay here," I told her.
Haruhi smiled and said her goodbyes and headed out the door. I felt Kirimi tugging my blazer and I looked down at her.
"What happens next?" She asked.
"Honestly, I don't know."
"How come?"
"Because the story hasn't finished yet. The peasant girl and the Wild Prince still haven't decided what is going to happen next," I told Kirimi as I flattened out my white shirt.
"I hope the peasant girl and the Wild Prince gets married," Kirimi flat out said.
I blushed and said, "We'll just wait and see what happens."
"Can we go see Oniichama?"
"Sure."
Once again, I lifted Kirimi and headed out of the door. We made our way to the Third Chemistry/Physics Lab where they told me that they would be at. Why that room? Because it has dark room functions. Kirimi would point out objects whenever we walked by something that would catch her attention and asked about it. I tried my best to answer her and luckily for me, she accepted the answers.
"Otaku-neechan, are we almost there?" Kirimi asked me as I placed her down on the ground and held her hand.
"Almost, Kirimi-chan. It's right here." I led her to the open door.
"Oniichama?" Kirimi said as soon as we were in front of the door. She peaked through the door and saw that it was completely dark. "This room is so dark!" She began to cry.
"Aw come here, Kirimi-chan," I lifted the little girl up.
"Ah, Kirimi-chan!" Haruhi ran over towards us and rubbed the little girl's head, "I told you to wait in that room."
"Sorry, Haruhi, it's my fault. She wanted to come over here, so I brought her," I told Haruhi as I calmed Kirimi.
"Aww, what's the matter?" Tamaki ran over and I handed Kirimi over to him. "It's okay, it's okay, here!" He lifted her up and said, "Scary no more!" He began to twirl her and around and with that I knew that he was going to be able to take care of her so I walked over to everyone in the room.
"Senpai?" I heard Renge say.
I stopped my walking and turned to look at what was going on. There I found Nekozawa holding onto a flashlight in front of his face.
"I am a wonderful prince-like oniichan…I am a wonderful prince-like oniichan…I am a wonderful prince-like oniichan…I am a wonderful prince-like oniichan…I am a wonderful prince-like oniichan…I'm not scared of the light! Evil beam on me!" With that he turned the flashlight on himself.
"All right!" I heard Hunny shout out in happiness. Next to him, Takashi was clapping his hands.
"Nekozawa-senpai finally is able to point a flashlight at himself!" Renge exclaimed happily knowing that her work was finally complete.
"Bravo! Bravo!" The twins popped party poppers.
"Way to go!" I shouted in happiness.
"Nekozawa-senpai!" Haruhi clapped her hands.
"He did it!" Tamaki exclaimed. "I'm sure Kirimi-chan would be happy!" He then bent down towards Kirimi and pointed towards Nekozawa. "Hey, Kirimi-chan. This is your real oniichama."
Kirimi stared at Nekozawa's back, waiting to see whether this was her brother or not. I stared at the little girl and waited to see what was going to happen. That's when Nekozawa turned around.
"Kirimi…"
But sadly the flashlight remained and made his face extremely creepy. If I was Kirimi, I too would have gotten extremely freaked out.
A Fear That Cannot Be Expressed in Words
Kirimi cried out in extreme fear and ran out the door.
"Kirimi!" Nekozawa shouted before dropping the flashlight.
"That evil beam…" Hikaru started.
"…has got to be scary for her," Kaoru finished.
"Kirimi…" Nekozawa sadly said as he just dropped to the ground.
"Nekozawa-senpai…" was the only thing Tamaki said.
"I give up…There's no guarantee that doing any more training would make Kirimi accept me. Kirimi would like it better of Suoh-kun were her brother…instead of having a brother like me."
Tamaki walked towards Nekozawa with a slightly angered face and said, "You're the one she really wants to see, right? If you cherish your sister that much, then show some more willpower!"
I swear there are times when Tamaki is a genius. He always says the right things when the time is right. I looked as the Twins were opening the blinds that covered the windows and walked towards Takashi and Hunny.
"Huh?" Hikaru said. "Your little sister is still in the courtyard."
Kaoru then looked down and said, "There's something with her."
"Ah, a cat," Hikaru said. "To be expected from the cat-loving family."
"Even stray cats come fawn on you right away," Kaoru said.
Immediately Nekozawa got up from the floor and ran towards the windows. "No! Even if the Nekozawa family worships cats, there's no way that an occult happening like stray cats coming towards you can be possible. Kirimi does not like animals, and she fears living cats the most!"
Then the unimaginable happened. Nekozawa jumped out of the window breaking it in progress.
"Kirimi!" He shouted.
"Nekozawa-senpai!" Tamaki shouted.
"He can't just go out without his hood!" Haruhi shouted right after.
I ran towards the window and looked at what was happening. There I saw Nekozawa running towards Kirimi and shouted her name. I was amazed at the fact that he ran without his hood. He didn't care that he was under sunlight. There was only one thing in his mind that he wanted to do and that was save his little sister.
It was the cutest sight I have ever seen: Kirimi jumping towards Nekozawa's embrace.
"All right!" Hunny smiled at the sight in front of him.
"This is the result of my training!" Renge smiled with a blush knowing that she did it.
We all kept looking out the window, but that's when we saw Nekozawa fall to the ground, the light finally affecting him.
Several Days Later
We were back in the Third Music Room when we heard the door suddenly open. There Nekozawa popped his head in with Beelzenef and he suddenly left.
"Nekozawa-senpai…" Tamaki said as we watched him disappear.
"He probably bathed a lifetime's worth of sunlight back there," Hikaru said.
"He must've reverted back to his pre-training state as a reaction," Hunny said as he was being held up by Takashi.
"Geez…In the end, he's wearing that gloomy black robe again," Kaoru spoke.
"But…" Haruhi started.
"Everything is well," I smiled.
"Suna-chan now that I remember, what was that story that you were telling Kirimi-chan?" Haruhi asked as she turned to face me.
My face immediately blushed once I remember what I told her, "It was just a true story. That's all."
"We want to hear that story!" The Twins suddenly ganged up on me.
"No way! You two are too old to hear these stories," I faced away from them and walked away.
"Says the otaku," I heard them say.
Immediately I stopped walking and froze in my footsteps. I turned around and narrowed my eyes at them.
"What did you just say?" I glared at the two as the remained frozen. That's when the tomboy in me came out, "I don't care if I'm wearing a skirt! I will Ultimate Punch you like there is no tomorrow!"
I ran towards the Twins and just watched them run like if they were headless chickens. Before I was even able to reach the Twins, I was being held in someone's arms. I recognized the persons scent and immediately began to calm down.
"Setsuna, calm down," Takashi's voice was heard next to my ear.
"Okay," I said with a slight blush on my cheeks.
He set me down and kept his left arm wrapped around my waist. He looked towards Hikaru and Kaoru and told them, "Stop."
"Y-Yes, Mori-senpai."
That's when an idea suddenly appeared in my head. "Hey, Tamaki!"
"Yes, Setsuna-senpai?" He turned to look at me.
"I have an idea of a theme that we can do. Since Hikaru and Kaoru say that I am otaku, can we do an anime theme. I can pick out characters and design the costumes and all. What do you think?"
He pondered for a moment and said, "That's fine with me. Kyoya?"
We all turned to look at Kyoya and waited for his answer. He then said, "You're going to work with Hikaru and Kaoru on the costumes then."
I smiled and said, "Alrighty." I turned to look at the Twins and grinned evilly, "You call me an otaku, now you'll see the otaku in me. Time for research!"
"Can Usa-chan, Takashi, and I help, Suna-chan?" Hunny asked me as he bounced over to face me.
"Sure! If you guys want, you can come over my house today," I told them with a smile, making sure that it was only both of them that heard.
"Can we, Takashi?"
We looked at Takashi and waited for his answer. He nodded his head and we beamed with happiness.
"Hey, we're going to head out now since Takashi and Hunny are dropping me off home. Have a good weekend, kay! Byes!" I told everyone else that was present in the room.
I heard a chorus of goodbyes and it was time for us to leave. I texted otou-san telling him that Takashi and Hunny were coming over today. Hopefully he hasn't made anything yet. We walked down to the entrance of the school and there waiting already was either Hunny's or Takashi's car. As we approached the car, Takashi opened the door and let Hunny and myself in before he got in and closed the door. Hunny gave the driver directions to my house and then we were on our way.
"Suna-chan, have you thought about which type of anime we are going to do?" Hunny asked me as he threw Usa-chan up and down.
I placed my right thumb and index finger on my chin and said, "I was thinking about doing a mixture of anime. Like Naruto, DN Angel, and some others. It depends though. I have to find characters that we can easily get hair and costumes for."
Right when I finished talking my phone rang. I looked at who was calling me and it was otou-san.
"Moshi, moshi," I answered.
"Setsuna, are you on your way home?" Otou-san asked over the phone.
"Yeah why?"
"Well, I somewhat forgot to tell you that I am leaving later on tonight for a business meeting with Yuzuha-san in Osaka. So I won't be able to prepare any meal for you tonight. But I did order some sushi and sashimi from a really good restaurant which I am picking up right now for you all to eat."
"What about Fuka? Is she there?"
"No, Fuka went to your okaa-san's house for the weekend. Also, Kazumi isn't coming home this weekend. I'll explain everything when I come home. I'll be there shortly. Love you."
"Love you too, otou-san."
With that, we hung up. I sighed as I placed my phone back into my blazers pocket.
"Setsuna?" I heard Takashi say my name.
I looked to my right and sighed, "Apparently otou-san is leaving on a business trip today which I didn't even know about. I hate it when people leave me in the dark. I do have a right to know what is going on and all."
Soon after, we arrived in front of my house. Takashi opened the door and was the first to get out. He then helped me out of the door and then Hunny. We walked to the front of my house and I dug out my house keys from my messenger bag and opened the door. When we walked in, we removed our shoes.
"I'll be back. I'm going to leave my stuff in my room so make yourselves at home," I told them as I bent down to grab my high tops.
The two cousins nodded their heads and headed towards the living room. I made my way up the stairs and went inside my room. I dropped my messenger bag on top of my desk and went to through my shoes inside my closet. I removed my blazer and hanged it up in my closet. With that being done, I left my room and headed down the stairs after I grabbed my laptop. Once I made it to the bottom, I went to go leave my laptop in the living room with Hunny and Takashi.
"I'm home!" I heard otou-san from the entrance. I told the two that I would be right back and headed to the entrance.
"Hey, otou-san," I greeted him as I went to help him by grabbing the two bags of food. It was then and there that I sneezed.
'That's weird. Either someone is talking about me or I'm getting sick,' I thought to myself.
"Hello, Setsuna. Let's go set the food and I'll explain to you what's going on," Otou-san said after he removed his shoes and headed towards the kitchen.
We began grabbing plates and chopsticks from the cabinets and drawers and took them to the dining room.
"When is it that you are leaving?" I asked him as I set the bag and the plates on the table.
"In half an hour. I have go to Yuzuha-san's house and from there we're taking her plane," Otou-san explained.
"You're not going to eat dinner with us then," I stated the fact since I saw that he handed me three plates.
"No, I'm sorry that I won't be able to. And I am sorry for not telling you. I was in a rush this morning to tell you."
"It's fine, otou-san. I know that work has been keeping you busy and I understand that. Am I going to be staying here by myself then?"
"If you'd like. But I let Ranka-san know that you are alone here, so if there are any emergencies, you'll call the Fujioka's. Understood?"
I nodded my head, "I understand."
Otou-san pulled out his cell phone and looked at the time, "I should be going now. Be a good girl, alright."
I smiled, "I will, otou-san. Have a good trip."
He smiled and kissed the top of my head. I saw him then leave the dining room and say his goodbyes to Hunny and Takashi. Then I heard the door close and soon after, his car leaving. I sighed and pulled out the food from the bags and began placing each piece onto plates. I went to grab the soy sauce from the kitchen and that's when I decided that we could eat in the living room since we do have a small table there. I grabbed three small soy sauce plates and went back to the dining room and grabbed everything there. I managed to balance it and headed towards the living room.
"I hope you guys don't mind eating sushi and sashimi here. I thought that maybe we can watch a movie and from there start figuring out what we can do," I told them as I managed to place all the plates on the table. "Shoot, I forgot drinks. What do you guys want to drink?"
"Tea, please," Hunny said as he bounced onto the floor. Takashi nodded his head agreeing with his cousin.
"Okay then. Tea will be ready in a few. Why don't you guys pick a movie for us to watch," I told the two as I headed back towards the kitchen.
Now that I was in the kitchen, I began to boil water and went to find all the necessary items for tea. Since I'm not that found of tea, I instead grabbed me a water bottle from the fridge to drink. As I leaned against the counter, I sneezed two more times.
"This isn't good. I think I'm getting sick. But I haven't done anything to get me sick," I pondered as I rubbed the back of my neck.
I turned to look at the boiling water since it just cried out saying that it was nice and ready. I made the tea and went to grab a tray to carry everything. Before I managed to even place the tea pot on the table, I sneezed again. I ignored it this time and placed everything onto the tray and headed back into the living room.
"So what are we watching?" I asked as I placed the tray onto the table and sat down next to Takashi.
"How about Princess Mononoke," Hunny said as he went to press play.
Once the movie started we began to eat the food that otou-san brought for us. I just love sushi! Especially prawn, salmon, and octopus. Those are my absolute favorites.
"Suna-chan, have you figured out what animes we are doing?" Hunny asked me as soon as we were done eating and putting the plates back into the kitchen.
"I figured some out already. Since it is eight of us in total, I was thinking about pairing people up. For example, I was thinking that Tamaki and Kyoya could be Naruto and Sasuke since they are opposites, but best friends," I explained as I turned on my laptop and began showing them the characters.
I pulled up pictures of all of the host club members and began comparing them to their anime counterparts.
"With Tamaki, all we need to basically do is spike up his hair and if he wants, we can get his blue contacts. With Kyoya, we need to spike up his hair and give it the duckbutt look that Sasuke has and check to see if he has contacts or if he is fine not wearing his glasses.
"With the Twins, I was thinking about them both being Ichigo from Bleach. Hikaru can be Ichigo with the Hollow Mask and Kaoru can be Ichigo without it. I'm still thinking about it though. If I was to find some other characters that they can do, then I'd probably switch it."
"Who are you going to dress as, Setsuna?" I heard Takashi's voice.
I turned to look at him and smiled, "Since apparently I have a weird personality – so the Twins say at times – I am going to be Haruhi Suzumiya. Then I'll have Haruhi be Kyon."
"What about me and Takashi and Usa-chan?" Hunny eagerly asked.
"You will be Daisuke from DN Angel, Usa-chan can be dressed up as Wiz, and Takashi can be Dark. What do you think?" I asked the two with a smile.
"Can we see pictures?"
I nodded my head and pulled up pictures of Daisuke, Dark, and Wiz. I first showed them Daisuke.
"The only thing that we are going to have to do is get you a wig with red hair and red contacts, if that's okay with you, Hunny," I asked the teen.
"I'm okay with it, Suna-chan. How does Wiz look?"
I showed Hunny the picture of Wiz and the next thing I heard was Hunny saying how cute Wiz was. I told him that it would be easy to bring down Usa-chan's ears and adding a tail.
"How does Dark look?" Takashi asked me.
When I began to pull up pictures of how Dark looked, I began to blush. I mean, Dark is tall, dark, and handsome. Just like Takashi. And the fact that he is topless at times showed that I would love it even more.
"Remember, these are just ideas. I need to get opinions from other people and all that jazz. Shoot, my battery is dying," I said as I took notice that my laptops battery was low. I got up and said, "I'll be right back."
I headed towards the staircase, descended up the stairs, and headed straight towards my room to leave my laptop. I placed it on my desk and connected it to the charger. Satisfied with the task done, I turned around only to find Takashi leaning against my door.
"Takashi, you scared me," I said as placed a hand on my cheek. That's weird. I'm not even blushing but my face feels warm.
Takashi walked towards me and said, "Are you feeling well? I heard you sneezing quite a few times."
"I think I'm fine."
I felt Takashi's head on my forehead, checking my temperature. My face slowly began to blush.
"You're a little hot. But then again, it might be because you're blushing," He told me as he lowered his hand placed it on my right cheek.
"It's not my fault. You make me blush," I spoke without thinking and once I realized that, I brought up my left hand and covered my mouth.
He chuckled and moved my hand that covered my mouth, "You look cute when you blush."
Takashi then stepped in closer and our faces starting moving closer until…
"Takashi, Suna-chan, I'm sleepy," Hunny's voice was heard.
We turned and looked towards the door and saw Hunny there trying to rub away the sleep in his eyes. I sighed and said to them that they should get going since it was getting late. I walked them downstairs and saw them get ready to leave.
"Have a goodnight, Hunny," I said as I hugged him.
"Night, Suna-chan," He smiled and stepped out the door.
"Goodnight, Setsuna," Takashi said as he lowered his head and placed a kiss on my lips. It was a small kiss that we shared before pulling away. "Call me if you need anything, okay."
"I promise," I smiled and hugged him.
We kissed one last time before he stepped out of the door.
Now that I was alone, it was time for me to do some cleaning before watching more movies. I went to clean all the dishes that we had used and threw away anything that had to be thrown. That's when my body starting feeling weird. Now that I was done with cleaning, I went to lock the door to the living room and headed up the stairs.
When I went to my room, I realized that I had left the window open. Yeah, I forgot to mention that I had a small window that on the wall were my bed is at. I went to close it and that's when I sneezed again. I quickly went to get ready for bed and once I was done placing on my black tank top and black short-shorts, I immediately passed out.