If you haven't checked out the first part of this story, New Bad Girl at Ouran, head over to coauthor Tracy4t's page for the first half. Unfortunately there wasn't enough space to include that in the summary, but this story is definitely a joined effort. Writing work is split 50/50 so if you enjoy the story please be sure to also give her a shout out in the comments. We both hope you all enjoy the final half of Shiki's story.
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"Alright, cost is clear, get in here," Shiki said appearing at the door. The Hosts all walked in and over to Shiki's locker.
"Take a look," Shiki said as she opened it.
"You don't have any bras or underwear in there do you?" Hikaru asked.
" No, you can't borrow them Hikaru," said Shiki. The host all looked over the inside of the locker.
"Looks like a regular locker to me,'" said Haruhi.
"What's this?" Tamaki asked as he noticed a piece of thread at the back corner of the locker.
"It's nothing, it's just a thread," said Shiki.
"Still," Tamaki said as he reached in to pull it out. "I got it!" He said excited, only to lose his balance and accidentally tumble back into another locker.
"When they dropped you on your head as a baby, what did they drop you on exactly?" Shiki asked.
"I fell off the bed," Tamaki said defeansevly.
"Again, onto what?" Shiki asked.
"Does this feel weird to you?" Haruhi asked out loud as she rubbed her hand against a wall.
"No, its just where they painted it." Shiki said, feeling it herself.
"Nothing looks suspicious to me." Kyoya said, examining it for himself.
"Sorry, just trying to find something." Haruhi apologized.
"Its not your fault, it was good of you to check. Maybe she's just crazy." Hikaru shrugged.
"It seems like it, but I still feel like somethings up." Shiki said, shutting the locker and securing the lock. "But we still have to figure out what to do in the meantime about that stupid recording."
"Correct," said Kyoya, "we should probably get out of here before another girl comes back in.
"Not unless they want to get raped," said Shiki.
"You probably shouldn't keep saying that," said Haruhi.
Just then a huge scream echoed through out the locker room.
"What are you boys doing in here?!" Shouted Ayumi
"How did she show up so fast? It's like this was written in in a book or something," said Shiki.
"We're in here because of you, actually." Tamaki said, "When you mess with one member of the host club, you mess with all of us!"
"Hey, what about me?" Shiki said, glaring at him.
"I have nothing against the lot of you." Ayumi said, ignoring Shiki. "My problem is with her, and the fact that I need my locker."
"From what I've gathered you had that extra locker because you needed more space to put your stuff. So may I ask if you had so much stuff that you needed an extra locker, then why was it empty when Shiki opened it?"
"Because I was using some of it and so the rest fit in my other locker." She said
"Why didn't you have a lock on it? Surely if it was rightfully yours you would've had one on it?" He asked, adjusting his glasses and raising an eyebrow.
"Why does it matter?" Ayumi asked after a pause.
"Because Shiki had no reason to believe the locker belonged to anyone, and you never registered it as your own, yet you're blackmailing her and my fellow host club member because she stole something that didn't belong to you?" He asked.
Ayumi looked around, trying to find something to help her out of the situation.
"It's just, I didn't want her to win. She seems to think she get anything she wants because she's tough. I wanted to prove her wrong," she said finally.
"Are you kidding me? If I got everything I wanted, I wouldn't be where I am right now!" Shiki said exasperated
"So how does yelling at everyone and threatening to kill them help you any?!" Ayumi asked.
"It's just who I am okay?! I'm a bitch and I don't know how not to be one!"
"Damn straight you are!" Ayumi said. Shiki lunged at her, but Mori grabbed her and shook his head no.
"It's quite clear that the relationship between the two of you is less than friendly, to say the least. But all this is over a locker, doesn't this seem..." Kyoya searched for a more formal word but couldn't find one, "overkill?"
"Yeah, that's one word for it," said Shiki.
"None the less Madam, I think drastic action should be taken," said Kyoya as he pulled out his phone and dialed.
"Who are you calling?" She demanded.
Kyoya stopped in mid-type. "If it scares you that much, please stop blackmailing Miss Shiki and delete the recording you have of her and Haruhi," he said.
"How about you tell me who you're calling or I'll send it right now!" Ayumi said, taking Kyoya a little by surprise. Most people didn't have the nerve to stand up to an Ootori so fearlessly. Kyoya however held the phone up to his ear.
"Go ahead," he ordered to whomever he was speaking with.
"What did you do?" Ayumi asked.
"I sent a virus to your phone that's so powerful it can also affect anything you ever connected to your phone, such a say downloading songs from your computer to your phone or sent a text to a friend or family member, it'll affect that too," said Kyoya.
"Even if you weren't bluffing, I'm from an family that owns an electronic company. Viruses can't be spread without having some source from removable media, downloads, or e-mail attachments. Not only that, but Shiki already smashed my phone to bits." Ayumi said smugly. "You're not as superior as you let on."
"Then how the hell were you planning to send out that video? Heck for all you know, four eyes here is actually just stalling you and getting you to admit you can't really send the recording our while he bankrupts your family's fortune and invade your house, stealing your laptop?" Shiki asked.
"Our family has its own security measures, and besides I suspect your 'police force' has better things to do other than help with high school drama. And somehow I'm just not too worried about him bankrupting my family's fortune. Quit the bluffs and just give me what I want." Ayumi motioned over towards 'her' locker, one hand on her hip. "I don't have all day."
Kyoya just smiled.
"If you're so sure your family isn't bankrupt, perhaps you should go home a check. And it's not just over a silly dispute. There's obviously something very important about this locker to the point it maybe bad for Ouran in general and that is something I cannot allow."
"Your family has plenty of power, but you can't make us go bankrupt in the blink of an eye. And whatever's bad for Ouran would be his business, wouldn't it?" She pointed to Tamaki.
"So you admit it's something bad?" Kyoya raised an eyebrow.
"No. I'm saying stay out of my business and open the locker right now or I'm just going to go home. Like I said, I don't have all day and if you're just going to waste my time I have better things to do until I find out your answer tomorrow."
"Hmm, well let's give her what she wants," said Shiki. She grabbed Ayumi out of the blue and flung her into the locker, shutting the door.
"Oh ha-ha, this again," Ayumi said.
"Not exactly," Shiki said as she started moving the locker away from the wall.
"What are you doing?" Ayumi asked.
"Hey big guy, think you can help carry this out?" Shiki asked Mori.
"Sure," Mori said managing to lift the locker.
"Um where do you plan on taking this exactly Shiki?" Tamaki asked.
"I dunno- maybe into the river?"
"I can sue all of you for this, you're only getting yourselves into more trouble!" Ayumi shouted, banging on the locker, trying to open it from the inside but it was locked.
"You okay in there bitch?" Shiki asked as she hammered at the locker loudly.
"Ah, cut that out!" Ayumi shouted.
"Don't tap the glass, they don't like it." Hikaru advised.
"What, this?" Shiki asked as she hammered louder.
"Stop that! It's so loud in here!" Ayumi screamed.
"Is it?" Shiki said as she started kicking at the locker as well. "This gives me an idea. Tweedle-Dee Tweedle-Dumb come with me. The rest of you, don't let her out no matter what!"
"Ayumi?" They suddenly heard from outside the locker room. "Is that you? What's going on?"
"Toji!" Ayumi yelled, "Please get in here!"
"Toji? You mean that guy who's your 'boyfriend'?" Shiki asked, saying the word boyfriend sarcastically.
"God Ayumi, where are you, you dumb bitch?!" Toji shouted, "Making me come in the fucking girls' locker room…" He muttered as he looked around until he happened to come across the scene of the hosts all around the locker.
"Do you mind? This is the girls' room," Shiki said without hesitation.
"Get me out of here!" Ayumi shouted, banging hard on the walls of the locker.
"What the hell!? What are you doing to my fiance?!" Toji shouted, getting mad.
"Haven't you ever heard of hide-and-seek? She's in there counting to ten while we hide. Duh," said Shiki.
"TOJI!" Ayumi shouted. Toji groaned in annoyance.
"You told me you forgot something and were going back to get it, not getting yourself locked in a locker! We have somewhere to be, so if you'll stop playi-" Suddenly he stopped in mid-sentence. "Hey, you were the girl who got me beat up!"
"Who me?" Shiki batted her eyes innocently.
"Yeah you!" He said, getting mad as he realized.
"Oh not me, fighting is dangerous. I could hurt someone!" She said it as if appalled by the idea. She put a hand to her forehead in despair, "Oh, how dreadful the thought!"
"How could you insult a lady like that?" Hikaru asked wrapping Haruhi up in his arms.
"Yeah," said Kaoru also wrapping his arms around her.
"Don't get too comfortable!" Shiki hissed.
"She's the reason why it's been taking so long to get it to you! She won't let me have my locker back!" Ayumi said from in the locker.
"You mean you still don't have it?!" He shouted furiously.
"I was going to get it to you tomorrow-!"
"I've been asking you for it for three days!" He shouted, "You're fucking lucky that you're in that locker and not out here with me!"
"It's not my fault, it's hers!" she said.
"What a piss poor excuse! You can't do anything right, can you?! I don't know why the hell I ever loved you, I guess it was because I didn't really know how fucking worthless you were!" Toji looked as if he wanted to rip the locker open and strangle her. He turned around and stormed over to Shiki, ripping the twins away from her and grabbing her by the collar of her uniform.
"I don't care what your deal is with Ayumi, but this concerns me and you sure as hell aren't going to fuck with me." He pulled her close so his face was right in hers and said through gritted teeth, "Open it, or I'm going to break you other arm."
At that he was yanked away and slammed against another locker.
"You want to mess with Shiki-Chan, you have to go through me and Takashi, got it!" Hunny said on a dark tone.
"And us." The twins said, standing in front of her folding their arms. Tamaki and Kyoya stood alongside them too.
"Oh my hero," Shiki said sarcastically. She turned and opened the locker.
"Finally!" Ayumi said.
"Not so fast," said Shiki, "I wanted to make a deal in regards to you, the locker and him."
"Like what?" Ayumi asked. "And why?"
"I hate men who are willing violent towards women," said Shiki.
"Funny, you don't seem like the lady type." Ayumi raised an eyebrow.
"Generally speaking, women are smaller than men and so a guy pushing around a girl is like being a bully. Go pick on someone your own size sort of deal. Of course, there are exceptions, like look at me." She flexed her bicep on her good arm. "If someone like me were to be violent towards, say, Tamaki over here, I would be the asshole."
"Hey what's that supposed to mean?!" Tamaki shouted.
"In that case you are the bully, considering you're violent towards him." Kyoya pointed out.
"I don't need your help, four eyes!" She snapped. "Look, I want to know why the hell this locker is so important to you."
Ayumi sighed, looking over at Toji nervously. "I need it because I wrote something inside it so that I wouldn't forget. He wanted me to remember it, so I wrote it inside a locker that nobody was using so that nobody would think to look there. That is, until you came along."
"But why not just write it in your own locker and why was it such a big deal to tell me?" Shiki asked.
"Because it's a secret, and if someone wanted to look for it they may think to look in my locker. But they wouldn't think to look in a place that didn't even belong to me."
"What did you write that someone would come after you for?"
"Well if I told you that it wouldn't be a secret, now would it? And I don't believe you included that to be part of the deal either. Now, the locker please." She said, motioning towards it. Shiki sighed and opened it up, and watched as Ayumi scratched the paint off the back of her locker in the spot where Haruhi had pointed out earlier to reveal a set of numbers.
'Is it a code or serial number? Phone number?' Shiki wondered as Toji walked over and took a picture of it, smiling with satisfaction.
"Well that takes care of that then." He said, putting it in his pocket and putting an arm around Ayumi, kissing her on the forehead. She squirmed away from him.
"Don't go getting all cuddly with me after what you just said to me!"
"Oh come on..." He pleaded as she stormed out into the hall.
"Babe... look I lost my cool because I was scared, okay?" He lowered his voice so that the rest couldn't hear them, however, Shiki who was standing closest by was able to eavesdrop. "You know how important it is for me to have it. I just freaked out, okay? It was really wrong of me."
"But you always apologize, then you just do it all over again! I've been trying to be patient and giving you more chances, but this is getting really old." She said, sighing.
"How can I make it up to you? I know I'm an asshole a lot of the time, but I really do love you... I don't want you to hate me... I get mad really easy because I love you and I'm scared that since its arranged marriage you don't love me back."
"...I don't know how to reply to that Toji."
His face looked broken. "Please don't tell me you haven't loved me at all for this whole time?"
"It's really hard when you're forcing this on me, you know? I don't understand why if you love me you're doing this to me." She said
"Because it's the only way I could ever have you!"
"But if you do it this way then it's never going to be what you want..."
He grabbed her hands. "I promise I'll make you love me, I'll make you happier than you were before, okay?"
She didn't say anything.
"Ayumi?"
"I... I miss him so much..." Tears begun to fall down her face. "Every day..."
"I told you just don't think about it"
"It's not that simple, you couldn't just stop thinking about me, so how can you ask that of me?"
"Don't tell me you think she's that dumb," said Shiki.
Toji turned and sneered at her.
"Hello, I asked you a question," said Shiki.
"Oh aren't you cute," said Toji.
"You have no idea," said Shiki as she pushed Toji back into the locker room and shut him in the nearest empty locker.
"Hey, open up!" Toji shouted.
"Oh aren't you cute?" Shiki replied.
"How much of that did you hear?" Ayumi asked.
"Enough to hear him trying to give you a bullshit excuse for his asinine behavior so you'd forgive him. Seriously, why the hell are you with this guy? You sure as hell know I'm not fond of you, but hell even you can do better than this guy."
"That's none of your business!" Toji shouted, throwing his body against the locker door trying to get out.
"I can't talk about it." She said, trying to wipe her tears away. "Besides, you just said you don't care about me, so why are you asking?" Ayumi opened the locker and Toji fell out onto the floor.
"Lets go." She said, helping him up and the two walked out.
Shiki watched them go as the rest of the host club came up behind her.
"So what was that about?" Kaoru asked
"I don't know, I didn't hear the whole thing, but I know that there's definitely something going on here. " Shiki said, folding her arms.
"Hey I'm with Ayumi, if you hate her so much why'd you follow them to go check on her?" Hikaru asked
"You saw how he was acting, it doesn't really matter if I like her or don't, it wouldn't have been right to just let her go off alone with an abusive boyfriend when he's pissed at her."
"How unexpectedly mature of you." Kyoya commented rather snidely.
"I don't know whether to take that as a compliment or an insult... so I'll just give you a nasty look." Shiki gave him a nasty look.
"Sorry for not listening to you before Haruhi. Turns out you were right about the paint in the back, huh?"
"Don't worry about it." Haruhi said, shrugging it off. "You were right, it could've easily been just normal paint."
"What were you trying to say about me being wimpy back there, huh?!" Tamaki yelled defensively.
"You said it, not me."
"Oh yeah?" Tamaki flexed his bicep next to Shiki's. Shiki flexed hers harder.
"Ha mines bigger!" Tamaki shouted victoriously.
"No way you cheated you moved your arm!"
"Its good to see Shiki starting to act normal again." Hunny said to Mori over their arguing, smiling.
He nodded. "Yeah."
"Anyway," said Kyoya walking over to the locker. He too studied down the locker, "Maybe we can figure out what these numbers are."
"All I care about is that that bitch doesn't do after Haruhi anymore," said Shiki. "You have fun with that, I'm going home."
"Oh come on, after all that excitement you're just gonna leave?" Kaoru whined.
"Well when you put it that way... yep. Besides, I've got to go check on Hooch," said Shiki.
"Yea, being on your own in your own apartment means you have more responsibility doesn't it?" said Kyoya.
"Oh no you didn't four-eyes!" Shiki shouted.
"You have your own place now Shiki?" Hikaru asked.
"And you didn't invite us over to see it?" Kaoru asked.
"Okay hat the hell is your problem?" Shiki stormed over to Kyoya, "You shouldn't have even known that first of all, and secondly you've been trying to antagonize me all evening! What's your deal, why are you just trying to piss me off?!"
"Too late," said the twins, "we know about it, we're going!"
"Come on Haru-chan!" Hunny said, pulling her out along with the rest of the group who was already heading to the car. She groaned in frustration, spinning around to face him.
"See? Look what you've d-" Kyoya wrapped his arms around her, pulled her close to him, and quieted her yelling with his lips meeting hers.