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.
~Mcfly and Tracey
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Shiki could hear Hooch barking as she approached her cabin and turned off the alarm as she walked in before resetting it and re-locking the doors.
"That doesn't make me crazy does it?" She asked Hooch. "Of course, he was probably referring to the knife I tried to stab him with that I kept strapped to my thigh under this stupid uniform. Ugh." She pulled the uniform off over her head and let out a sigh of relief, still not used to how constricting it was even after all this time and changed into some PJ's.
"I'm sorry I'm late." She apologized to him as she got started on his dinner. Hooch tried to stand up on his hind legs and sneak a few bites.
"No!" She snapped. Hooch wimpered, sticking his tail between his legs.
She sighed, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have snapped- today was just kinda shitty..."
Hooch whined and tapped her with his paw.
"Sorry boy, I shouldn't be taking this out on you," Shiki said patting him.
'I can't help but wonder if Hooch would be happier away from me and at home with Nao and Zaruko. With Maki he had staff there to keep him company here he's just alone all day only to have to deal with me when he gets back... even Hooch is better off without me it seems.' She thought to herself sadly as she scratched his head. She dropped the utensils she was using and fell down to her knees and embraced him in a huge hug, burying her face in his fur.
She felt Hooch head bumP her while whining. He also tried liking her.
"Not now boy, not now," Shiki said softly.
Suddenly she heard Hooch growling.
"Huh?" Shiki said looking up at him. She saw him looking towards the door, growling a deep dark growl.
"What is it boy?" Shiki asked as she stood up. Hooch immediately jumped in front of her, still growling.
A few seconds later security alarms began blaring like crazy, a monotonic voice saying 'Intruder alert, intruder alert, leave the premises immediately. Intruder alert, intruder alert, leave the premises immediately' over and over again.
Shiki bolted into her room and opened the closet where numerous security cameras showed every view of the house and the property surrounding it. A few of them were blinking and Shiki focused her attention on those ones, un-muting the camera.
"SHIKI ITS ME PLEASE TURN IT OFF" She looked to see Hikaru screaming, looking terrified as he began to become covered in red dots, automatic weapons aiming at him. Shiki burst out into laughter, doubling over and gasping for breath as she watched him prancing and dancing around, trying to lose the red dots, screaming "SHIT SHITTING FUCKLE SHITS"
'Intruders remaining on premises are determined a threat by default. Scanning for ammunition and explosive devices. Ammunition and explosive devices not found. Taser activation, granted.' Suddenly Shiki's laughing stopped and she sat back up and stared at the camera.
"Uh oh."
"SHIKI!" He screamed, trying to run away only for wires to shoot out from seemingly nowhere and grappled onto him. She let out a heavy sigh.
"Yeah... forgot about that. Woops." She said as she watched him convulsing for several moments before falling onto the ground. She turned off the alarm and called off the police before heading outside where Hikaru was laying sprawled out cold on the grass just outside the gates. Hooch whined, looking over at her.
"He's fine, I mean look, he's twitching see? That means his heart hasn't stopped ...right?" She poked him with a stick a few times, Hikaru's barely twitching hand stopped moving. Hooch didn't look so convinced.
"Don't give me that look!" Shiki said defensively as she picked Hikaru up and threw him over her shoulder. "Didn't his mother ever teach him it's rude to drop by without warning? These things just happen when you show up uninvited!"
Hooch contemplated if it was possible for dogs to roll their eyes as they walked back inside. Right before the two could walk fully inside, Shiki and Hooch overheard the sound of whining. Hooch walked over to the side and soon came back with a puppy in his mouth.
"Sissy?" Shiki said looking at Hikaru's puppy, Hooch's daughter, dangling in her father's mouth. Hooch walked past Shiki and into the house, dropping Sissy onto the floor.
"What were you thinking bringing a puppy here?" Shiki asked the unconscious Hikaru as she dragged him in and dropped him on the couch. She looked over and saw Hooch and Sissy somewhat playing with each other. Shiki turned back to look at Hikaru, staring at him. 'The shock shouldn't have knocked him out like that...' she checked his head and saw that he had a bruise forming on the side of it.
She groaned and rolled her eyes. 'Damn moron got a concussion when he hit the ground'
At that Sissy ran over to Hikaru and licked his hand. She whined a little. Then suddenly, Hooch walked over and barked loudly into his ear.
Hikaru didn't flinch, he was definitely out cold.
Hooch stared at Shiki.
"What?"
He looked over at Hikaru, and then back to Shiki.
She groaned dramatically. "Ugh. Fineeeeeeeeeee." she went over to the kitchen and filling a bag with ice, bringing it back and putting it on the goose egg that was now forming, propping his feet up to increase the blood flow. Hooch seemed more satisfied.
"He should wake up in a minute or two. Maybe he hit his head hard enough to reverse his natural brain damage?" She mused to herself. She noticed Sissy rubbing up against her daddy. Hooch licked the top of her head. "Well, good to know you two can have a nice father-daughter bond," Shiki muttered somewhat jealous. Just then her phone rang.
"Hello?" Shiki answer.
"Shiki, I got a report the alarm went off at your safe house. Is everything okay? Are you safe?" Her stepmother asked frantically from the other end.
'Oh god, you got to be kidding me!' Shiki thought annoyed.
"Yeah. Dumb ass over here set off the alarms and got himself tasered and I had to shut them off and call off the cops." She said, rubbing her temples.
"Which one?" Maki asked, which actually made Shiki laugh.
"Hikaru. He's... probably fine?"
"Probably?"
"Yeah. I think if they don't wake up after two minutes they are at higher risk for brain damage. I'm hoping he'll wake up smarter." Suddenly Shiki heard a moan from over on the couch. "Never mind, that dream just went out the window. I gotta go."
"Oh Shiki wait, before you get off, do you want to come to the ultrasound to find out the gender?" Maki asked "We're planning to find out in a couple days."
Shiki was silent for a moment.
"Will Dad be there?" She asked.
"Well yes," said Maki.
"Then no," Shiki said about to hang up.
"Well wait, Shiki, if not that then, how about I schedule another one where you can come without feeling nervous," Maki offered.
"I'm not nervous" She said defensively.
"Even better, what if we schedule one for you and your sisters and then one separate for me and Arata?"
"Zaruko wouldn't want that. She hates me thanks to what he said in the car a while back."
"Shush! No I didn't ask her I don't need to I can just tell!" She heard Maki saying in the background, and Shiki could only assume she was referring to her father.
"Give me the phone," she heard her father say.
"Shiki, Come with me and your sisters to find out what the baby is. Let's try doing this together as a family. Let's try being a family again," he said.
"You were the one who said it would be better off without me." She reminded him bitterly.
Hikaru's eyes opened slowly, awaking to an unfamiliar environment, Shiki's voice, and a terrible throbbing pain on his head. He reached his hand up only for it to be smacked away. He looked over to see Shiki on the phone. When he did his icepack fell off his head. Shiki picked it back up and put it on his head, holding it in place.
"Quit moving numbnuts." She said, refocusing on the phone.
'I don't even like almonds…' Hikaru thought in his dazed state, feeling confused and discombobulated.
"I never said that." Arata told her.
"It was implied."
"You know I was just mad." He said.
"When you're mad you say things you regret saying, only problem is you can never take back the ones that are true." Shiki said.
"I realized that, that's why I'm trying hard to really make things right! Please, let me try!" her father pleaded.
"At least he somewhat cares," Hikaru muttered from the couch, his thoughts starting to become more coherent.
"Look I have to go. I'll come to the ultrasound, but don't expect me to run into your warm loving embrace." What time is it?" She asked.
"Friday- you can ride with Zaruko and Nao to meet us for the ultrasound." Maki pitched in.
"Okay, got it." She hung up. She turned to face Hikaru.
"Why'd you let yourself get tasered?" She asked
"I didn't just sit back in a recliner sipping tea while it happened you know," He replied bitterly, still able to make a smartass comment despite the head trauma.
"What were you doing out there anyways?" She asked. "I'm pretty sure I said I didn't want people coming to visit me here."
"I had to see you." Hikaru sat up, holding his ice pack on his own now as the fuzz cleared out of his head.
"Well you saw me, now get out."
"Seriously I just got tasered trying to see you and you're just going to kick me out without letting me talk?" He said incredulously.
"I've already heard what you have to say about me." She said, walking away and turning her back, trying to look busy so she didn't have to make eye contact with him.
"I didn't mean it!"
"Did you not hear what I said to my dad on the phone? When you're mad you say things that you regret and things you don't mean, but you can never take back the ones that you really meant."
"I didn't mean either of them!" He said.
"You sure sounded like you thought I was stupid earlier when you were with Haruhi." Shiki dropped the trying to look busy act and folded her arms, still turned away from him.
"I really don't understand why you got so offended over what you thought was me calling you stupid, I mean you've dealt with so much worse stuff I don't see why such a little comment would bother you-"
"Well hearing that someone I actually kind of trusted talking about me behind my back wasn't what I expected!" She snapped, whirling around. "I wouldn't have cared if it was Ayumi or some other bitch who doesn't even know me but coming from you it's pretty shitty to hear! Getting kicked out of Ouran because I'm failing my classes is one thing but having you go behind me and flat out calling me stupid hits me a lot harder than some guy stamping notes on my grade card paper-"
"You're leaving Ouran?"
Shiki got quiet.
"Shiki?"
"Well apparently it was for the best anyways." And with that she left the room, leaving Hikaru in stunned silence.