Sorry about this. It's a bit shorter than the other ones, but this episode wasn't really that long, now that I think about it...anyway, I hope you enjoy it and thanks to all those who reviewed ^^ i apologize for making you cry, if you did. like I said, that was a very emotional chapter for me to write and this one was a bit too; which you'll see soon ;) Oh, and I put a little something extra to apologize for making the chapter short! Tell me what you think!

Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran or anyone associated with Ouran, aside from Kohaku, her family, and Fu-kun. I also do not own "Carry On" by Fun. I do however own the poem mentioned.

The fragrance of the coconut aroma and the chirping of the small birds. The warm wind moves the gentle waves. Geeze, what is this, one of those comic books you read? I sweat dropped at Fu-kun. Yes, actually. Oh, right.I rolled my eyes and looked over at Haruhi dressed in her yellow pull-over.

"Um, how'd we get here again?"

She looked at me and raised a brow. "You don't remember? It happened this morning."

I sighed and lowered my head. "I was tired~."

"You really have to get over that, you know." I nodded. "We were at school and then found out that we could've slept in-"

"Ah! Seriously?! Aw…I could've slept in."

Crocodile tears trailed down my face as Haruhi shook her head and continued.

"Yeah. Anyway, the twins grabbed us and brought us here."

"Right!" I slammed my fist into my palm and pointed at her. "That's how you ended up with the jacket! I remember that part since…" I paled. "They nearly got me too."

She patted my shoulder in understanding until I continued. "The butlers they put in there were hot. I nearly drooled."

I rubbed the corner of my mouth absent-mindedly as Haruhi face palmed.

"I thought you were talking about getting found out!"

"Hm? Oh, I don't really care. I'm only doing it for fun anyway."

"Are you serious?" She deadpanned.

"It's more fun this way."

I smirked and headed over towards Kyoya. He hadn't been very pleasant to be around lately and I was determined to find out why. If only I could get the courage to ask. His glare scares me. No kidding. Well good luck kid! Fu-kun scrambled off my shoulder and I turned as he dashed away.

"Wait! Where are you going?! Don't leave me standing here with the devil!"

"Who's a devil?"

I blanched and withered under Kyoya's glare. "N-Not you! No, no. I-I would never be t-t-t-talking about you, K-Kyoya-kun."

"Let's hope not. My police force has been bored these days and I would hate to have to find someone for them to chase around."

"Y-Yeah."

I fidgeted in place as Kyoya went back to calmly sipping his coconut juice with a smirk on his face. I took a deep breath and looked him in the eyes.

"A-are you angry with me about something, Kyoya-kun?"

"No."

"You're lying."

My eyes widened at what I said and I covered my mouth to keep anything else from spilling out. Kyoya gave me a look and I slowly brought my hands down.

"W-Well, I mean, you've been threatening me more than usual a-and you don't like it when I sit by you anymore."

"Did you ever consider that I never liked you sitting by me to begin with?" He snapped.

I flinched at his harsh words and my chest ached a bit, but I stood my ground.

"You never said anything about it before. I just assumed-"

"You assumed incorrectly. I have not appreciated you interfering with what little time I have to myself and simply never mentioned it to you, because my response would have affected your performance in the club, thus lowering out profits."

I lowered my head, thinking deeply about what he said for a moment and what I already knew about him. Stubborn. Doesn't like admitting feelings. Hides behind his glasses and smile…but…he's not hiding them from me. He's expressing himself, in a way, but it doesn't feel as good as I thought it would. I thought I could see the other side of him that the book doesn't show; get him to change a bit from the manga, but it looks like I was wrong.

"You're right."

"Hm?"

I looked up at him and gave my own fake smile, though I fear it didn't turn out the way I wanted it to.

"I shouldn't have bothered you. I apologize, Kyoya-kun. I'll back off."

I bowed slightly and walked away towards the pool. Maybe having some fun will distract me. The twins were already in there and splashing about, so I went to join them and ended up in a water war with the two of them. When we finally exhausted ourselves laughing on the side of the pool, Hikaru turned towards me.

"Hey, Kohaku-kun. What's with the shirt?"

I looked down at the black rash guard I was wearing over my bandages and looked back up at him.

"I'm, uh, uncomfortable with my body?"

He and Kaoru looked at each other with identical smirks.

"Why did that sound like a question?"

"Are you hiding something from us, Kohaku-kun?"

"It's b-because…"

I took a hint from Fu-kun and ran for my life, the two chasing yelling at me.

"Come on, Kohaku-kun!"

"Take it off!"

"No way in hell!"

They laughed loudly until I spotted Tamaki showing Haruhi something in the forest. Dashing over to him, I hugged him around the waist with fake tears rolling down my face.

"Tamaki-kun! The t-twins are trying to force me to do b-bad things!"

"What?! You devils! Stop harassing by darling son!"

The twins' mouths dropped open and I stuck out my tongue with an evil smirk from behind Tamaki as he began lecturing them. I let him go and waltzed over to Haruhi with a big grin and she sweat dropped.

"You did that on purpose, huh?"

"Yup. It worked, didn't it?"

She sighed and looked around. "You've been hanging around Kyoya too much, and don't you think this is stupid? I still have laundry to do, but Tamaki-senpai won't let me leave. And what the heck does Kyoya's family do for a living anyway? Hospital management and now swimming pools?"

Kyoya was listening in and smiled from beneath his umbrella.

"If I had to think of something in common between them, wouldn't you say they are all 'recovery related'?"

We deadpanned just as the twins were coming back over so I decided to make a break for it. I was a good distance away when I spotted Mori sitting on the edge of the current pool. He hit the side of his head to get out any water in his ear and spotted me, so I waved.

"Hi, Mori-kun."

He waved back with a small smile. "Hi."

He and I have become pretty close recently and I had discovered that he's not silent; he's just a very good listener.

"So, how's your day been?"

"Good. Your's?"

I shook my head and sighed. "Mine, not so much. Kyoya's angry at me for some reason and he told me he doesn't like it when I bother him. I get how he needs his alone time and I told him I'll stay away from him, but it just doesn't feel right. You know?"

I turned to him and saw him nod.

"What should I do?"

"Give him a break."

"That's what I thought. I just wish I knew what I did to upset him, that way I could fix it, but he probably won't tell me."

"Wait. Then ask."

"That's a good idea. I'll try it out. Thanks for listening, Mori."

"Ah."

He ruffled my head in a friendly manner and I smiled up at him just as Honey bounded over with his bunny inner tube. None of us sensing the glare that was pointed in our direction.

"Hi, Ko-kun! Neh, Takeshi, can you carry me in the pool?"

Mori nodded and started swimming in the current pool before Honey jumped in and hopped on his back. Honey then waved over at the hosts and shouted at them.

"Hey guys, take a look at this! It doesn't go forward!~"

I chuckled at him, knowing just what he needed after his encounter with Shiro.

"You look very cute, Honey-kun."

"Ah! Thanks Ko-kun! Are you gonna come in too?"

"Maybe later. I'll just watch for now and I'll join you when Mori gets tired."

"Okay!"

I shook my head at the sight and listened to what chaos was happening behind me. The twins and Tamaki had just started their little water gun fight and I knew it wasn't long before Honey gets washed away. I was hoping I could do something about that when I noticed Mori starting to tire out and called out to him.

"You can take a break, Mori-kun. I'll watch over Honey-kun for you."

He got out and nodded to me as I jumped in and took his place. Honey didn't seem to mind and climbed on my back, humming to himself about not moving forward, while I swam. It had been a while since I had a chance to unwind and swimming seemed to be just what I needed. Of course, it didn't last very long and the moment I heard Tamaki's shout I prepared for the wave that was about to come.

I must say though, the anime and manga had nothing on the power behind this wave. I couldn't get a word out to Honey before we were both swept away with the current. He managed to stay mostly on top of the water due to his inner tube, but I was sucked underneath it. For the most part, I'm a pretty good swimmer, but this current was too powerful and it was able to toss me all over the place.

I struggled to figure out where the surface was with all the tossing around and I was slowly running out of air. It only got worse, when the wave threw me particularly hard and there was a loud 'crack' as my head hit the wall. My vision started fading away at the edges and my strength was just about spent. The current slowed and I stared up at the little amount of light I could see and frowned. Am I really destined to die a second time? Pft, God must seriously have it in for me. Just as I let out my last bit of breath, something blocked the light and started swimming towards me as my eyes slide closed.

Tamaki and the others scrambled about trying to find a way to follow the current pool that had swept Honey and Kohaku away, but only ended up going to all the wrong places.

"A crocodile?!"

"Run away!"

"Ah!"

After a moment, they were completely and utterly exhausted and were no where close to finding their two missing club members. Kyoya though, appeared calm as can be.

"The crocodile pasture is extremely dangerous. The piranha pond should be fixed again, and there is a problem with the position of the lever. Thanks to you I collected useful data. You see, the facilities were still in an experimental stage."

The group grew depressed, knowing that they were all used by Kyoya as test subjects but even more so, because they could find Honey and Kohaku and they had no idea where they were.

"Where on earth is this?"

"I hear some suspicious animal sound…"

Walking up to a map of the pool resort, Tamaki struck a pose.

"Is everyone all set and ready?"

"Yes, sir!"

Kyoya pointed at various areas on the map and began explaining.

"This is the map showing the area in the garden. Our current location should be here and there are two possible places where our senpai's could be located. In terms of distance, it's about 800m."

Haruhi looked at the map and sweat dropped at all the areas with question marks.

"There are a lot of elements that we don't know about."

"Those zones are still not open yet." Kyoya replied.

Tamaki ignored them and continued with his speech. "Get it?! In every way, this is survival! We have to make our way through the jungle and save Honey-senpai and Kohaku-senpai! To increase our efficiency, we'll divide into two teams. Mori-senpai's team and Team King! The ones who have the courage and wish to follow me onwards, please hold onto my-"

He turned towards the hosts only to find them already heading out with Kyoya as the leader, since he seemed to know where he was going. They all ended up walking together and Haruhi looked over at Mori with concern. He seemed normal enough but, when he slipped on a banana peel, everyone grew a bit more concerned. Huh. I wonder where Fu-kun is too. Haruhi looked up then as the sky darkened and Mori sniffed the air, unnoticed. Then Kyoya looked down at his watch with a sigh.

"Squall time, huh?"

They quickly ran to a hut for shelter and Haruhi looked over at Mori as he stared out into the pouring rain.

"Mori-senpai, you seem to be very close to Honey-senpai. Are you two childhood friends?"

The twins shook their heads.

"No, they're…

"…cousins."

"Eh? You're related?"

Kyoya came up then and explained further, with the twins interjecting here and there.

"The Morinozuka family has served the Haninozuka family for generations."

"But they've become relatives ever since a marriage two generations ago. So the servant-relationship between the two families should have dissolved already."

"Even so, Mori-senpai always follows and serves Honey-senpai."

Tamaki smiled despite the somewhat depressing atmosphere.

"His blood must be agitated right now. The ancient blood of a loyal servant to his lord inside of Mori-senpai."

The twins started crying tears into handkerchiefs. "Such a beautiful story!"

Haruhi deadpanned. "That's a beautiful story?"

She sighed and looked over at Mori. She didn't really understand the whole blood thing, but she knew he really cared for Honey-senpai and she also knew that him and Kohaku were pretty good friends as well. She walked over to him and touched his arm.

"It'll be alright, Mori-senpai. Honey-senpai and Kohaku-kun are safe. They're both stronger than they look and if they get hungry, there are a lot of bananas around."

Mori gave a small smile and put his hand on her head.

"Ah."

Tamaki started freaking out, not knowing that he was jealous of Mori's show of affection, and the twins began teasing him about it. Haruhi, on the other hand, headed over to Kyoya and gave him a look.

"Is there something wrong?"

She shook her head. "No. I just wanted to let you know that you're a jerk."

He raised a brow, not quite sure what Haruhi's point was with this conversation. She gave him a glare and frowned. He doesn't even know what he's doing to Kohaku.

"You know Kohaku-kun is only trying to be nice to you. I don't know what you did, but whatever you said to him really has him upset. He can't even sleep at night and he plays depressing music all the time. I know, because I can hear it through my wall. So, you better hurry up and make up with him, senpai."

She walked away, leaving Kyoya a bit stumped. He hadn't expected a lecture from Haruhi about his treatment of Kohaku and he sighed to himself for getting into this situation with Kohaku in the first place. He heard the ringing of his phone and answered it.

"Yeah, it's me…Yeah. We have a bit of trouble…"

I felt something pushing down on my chest a few times and I heard quiet mumbling.

"Come on, Ko-chan…If you're gone who will eat cake with me?…Who will talk to Takeshi?…"

Don't forget about me either. You're not dead yet, kid. I suddenly felt a huge pressure fall off my chest and I rolled to the side coughing and heaving. My arms shook with the effort to rid my lungs of the water that had made it's way in, but soon I had finally gotten my breath back. Rolling back over, I breathed heavily and stared up at the jungle canopy. I nearly drowned. Not a great way to die, but better than the cement bag I suppose. I smiled a bit and let out a deep breath just as I noticed a bright head of blonde hovering over me, tears dripping down his face. I reached up and brushed a tear away and that's all he needed before Honey was sobbing all over me.

"K-Ko-chan! I was s-s-so scared! You weren't breathing a-and I tried CPR b-b-but-"

"Shh. It's okay, Honey-kun." I calmly brushed my hand through his hair. "I'm fine, see? I just have a bit of a headache is all."

He sat up and looked at me with teary eyes. "R-Really?"

I nodded and winced, putting my hand to the back of my head and slowly sat up. I then, gave him a knowing look.

"So, Honey-kun, how long have you known I was a girl?"

He chuckled, wiping some tears from his eyes.

"When you were all nice to me in the beginning."

I frowned and tapped my chin. "I knew my motherly instincts would give me away. So who else knows? And don't tell me you don't know. Just because you act like a kid doesn't mean there's not some evil, conniving eighteen year old mind hiding up in there."

He grew serious, but a good, thinking kind of serious. Not the deadly, I'm-going-to-kill-you serious.

"Hm. I know Takeshi knows and I'm guessing you told Haruhi, but I think the others are clueless."

I nodded. "That's what I thought. They aren't really good observers. Although, I thought Kyoya would be the first to figure it out, but he hasn't shown any signs of it; seeing how he hasn't tried to blackmail me yet. He should have figured it out by now though, being a doctor's son in all…Then again, I've had them mistaken me for a guy too…"

I shrugged and stood up, holding my head for a second, when I noticed Fu-kun on the ground.

"Fu-kun! You followed us all the way here? You smart little pest!"

I cuddled him to my face, which he nuzzled as Honey laughed.

"You really like Fu-kun, huh Ko-chan?"

"Yup. He's like you and Usa-chan. I wouldn't go anywhere without my best friend."

I smiled brightly and Honey smiled back and we headed off through the jungle to find our way back to our friends. He tugged on my shirt and I gave him a confused glance, adjusting Fu-kun onto my shoulder.

"You really fooled a doctor?"

I chuckled. "Oh yeah. School physicals. They probably just had so many people in for physicals that they weren't really paying attention. I had a good laugh though when I noticed they checked all the wrong boxes."

"That's silly!" He laughed. "You're obviously a girl!"

I grew serious suddenly. "Yeah…"

"Ko-chan?"

I shook my head in apology. "Ah, sorry. It's just…I guess even I've stopped seeing myself as a girl sometimes. I mean, I've always been treated as one of the guys and-It's not like I don't like it!" I exclaimed at the look he gave me. "I love being treated like I'm different from normal girls. It's great being able to wrestle around and be teased by the guys without them thinking that they're going to hurt me just because I'm a girl. I've just always wished that there would be someone out there who wouldn't give a crud that I look like a guy, or act like a guy."

"I don't care, Ko-chan! I like you the way you are and I'm sure the others do too!"

I gave a painful smile and ruffled his hair.

"I'm sure you do. You just have to remember, I've always been this way so people have always treated me this way. Even when I was younger, my relatives would call me a 'cute little girl' and I'd always get mad and say, 'I'm not a girl! I'm a boy!'. Now that I've gotten older though, I've realized that I can't keep living my life like this. I can't keep trying to hide my femininity behind this-" I tugged my rash guard with a sad face. "-masquerade. It's so hard to just drop it, that's all.

I tried once, because my friends dared me to be a girl for Halloween. Heh, I felt like crap when they said that, but I never showed it. I even went and did it; wearing a tighter shirt than what I was used to and getting my mom to put make-up on me. I hated every second of it, but I was willing to bear through it for my friends. Then, when I showed up to school…they took one look at me and said I hardly did anything. I wanted to cry, so so bad Honey. You have no idea."

I rubbed the corner of my eye, almost as if I was back in high school going through that torture all over again. And in a way, I am.

"Sorry, Honey. I'm blabbing my life story to you."

"No. It's okay, Ko-chan. Keep going."

"Right…Well, I had one really good friend who actually cared, but I was already desperately trying to get the make-up off at that point. It just wasn't worth the humiliation any more. Since then, I got my hair cut really short and just stayed away from everything even remotely girly. I spiked my hair up and stuck to baggy clothes for a while; almost constantly wearing a jacket to cover up what feminine features I did have. Then, we started talking one day about boyfriends and girlfriends. I asked what kind of guy they could see me with and the guy I had a crush on at the time laughed and said, 'You? I couldn't even see you with a guy. I look at you and all I can think of you getting with is a girl.' My other friends agreed and I laughed with them and started joking around about it, but…that really hurt.

After that, I started to think that maybe I shouldn't even be trying anymore. So I did. I stopped looking at anybody as more than a friend and actually helped my own friends get into relationships with each other while I stayed alone. I was okay at first. I didn't mind being the only single one in the group and I helped my friends with their problems and stuff, but I noticed that I couldn't sleep well anymore. I had dreams about finding my ideal guy and then they ended up being my old crush or they were just so perfect that I knew they didn't exist.

I started crying myself to sleep, just from the loneliness and wanting to be elsewhere. I started becoming more introverted and stuck my head in books, manga, anime. Anything that could get me away from the world I was living in. I guess I kind of sunk into a depression. I never showed it on the outside and nobody ever knew but myself, so I started putting it into writing. You know, poems, short stories, novels, things like that. I even showed a few of them to my friends. It was funny how they loved them so much and never knew that they were all about me and how I was feeling. They were pretty depressing too. Let me see if I can remember one…Ah! Got it…

Surrounded by dark, in a room full of sorrow

With no one around to save the saddened soul.

Choking on the guilt that's too hard to swallow,

While waiting for the torment to take its toll.

Enveloped by rays in the playful sun,

Running through the grass without a care.

With friends who love to laugh, play, and have fun.

Never minding the one with a lonely stare.

Yet you stared within the murky room

And came to see what could possibly be

A monster hidden under the gloom.

Then you found out that it was only me.

Saved by the sun, I no longer had to hide,

Because the old me had forever died."

"T-That's really good, Ko-chan. Your friends are all meanies."

I actually chuckled at that one, picking Honey up and putting him on my shoulders as I walked under a tree. It had started to pour and I just didn't want either of us to get soaked.

"They were actually really good friends for the most part, Honey-kun. Besides, how were they supposed to know that what they said hurt me when I never showed them?"

"Mm, do you like them better than us, Ko-chan?"

I shook my head, ignoring the headache that I still had from banging my head against the poolside.

"Nah. I like you all equally. I'm not able to see those friends anymore anyway, but I'm sure they'd be happy I met such a crazy group of friends here, right?"

"Uh-huh!"

The rain soon let up and we started walking again, with Honey giving me directions. I had guessed from the anime that Mori and him had some sort of connection, but now I knew. That, and I was slowly beginning to get used to the fact that the host club are actual people now and not just characters. One of the many things I have to get used to since I'm living here now.

"Hey, Honey-kun?"

"Hm?"

"Do you mind if I sing something? I'm bored."

He looked down at me and nodded with a smile. I smiled back and thought of a good acoustic song. I came across the perfect one and started singing.

"Well I woke up to the sound of silence

the cars were cutting like knives in a fist fight

and I found you with a bottle of wine

your head in the curtains

and heart like the Fourth of July

You swore and said

"We are not

We are not shining stars"

This I know

I never said we are

Though I've never been through hell like that

I've closed enough windows

to know you can never look back

If you're lost and alone

Or you're sinking like a stone

Carry on~

May your past be the sound

Of your feet upon the ground

Carry on~

Carry on, carry on"

I started smiling and marching with Honey humming along on my shoulders with Fu-kun hanging onto my head.

"So I met up with some friends

at the edge of the night

At a bar off 75

And we talked and talked

about how our parents will die

All our neighbors and wives

But I like to think

I can cheat it all

To make up for the times I've been cheated on

And it's nice to know

When I was left for dead

I was found and now I don't roam these streets

I am not the ghost you are to me

If you're lost and alone

Or you're sinking like a stone

Carry on~

May your past be the sound

Of your feet upon the ground

Carry on~

Whoa

My head is on fire

But my legs are fine

After all they are mine

Lay your clothes down on the floor

Close the door

Hold the phone

Show me how

No one's ever gonna stop us now"

I hummed the guitar solo and continued.

"Cause we are

We are shining stars

We are invincible

We are who we are

On our darkest day

When we're miles away

Sun will come

We will find our way home

If you're lost and alone

Or you're sinking like a stone

Carry on~

May your past be the sound

Of your feet upon the ground

Carry on~

Carry on, carry on"

"I like that song, Ko-chan."

I nodded. "Me too. It's a very good pick-me-up after I told such a depressing story, don't you think?"

"Mm-hm. Neh, Ko-chan, I think I hear something."

I grew quiet and stopped walking for a moment when I heard what sounded like voices a little further off. I looked up at Honey and he nodded, so I started hurrying towards the voices, knowing that it has to be Mori and Haruhi along with Kyoya's police force. Honey grabbed a vine when we were right by the clearing and passed me one as well, making me grin like the Cheshire cat. Oh!~ I've always wanted to do this, just once. Well don't just stand there, Tarzan!

The two of us swung on the vines into the circle of people, telling Haruhi and Mori to watch out. Honey kicked one guy in the face while I landed on another and I smirked when one of the enemies reached for me. I spun around and heel-kicked the man in the ribs and brought my other foot around to kick him hard in the face.

Adrenaline pumped through me and I was glad that all stress relief I got at the boxing gym was coming in handy. I knocked out a few more, getting in a few cheap shots here and there when they were a bit too much for me, and soon Honey and I were standing around a pile of useless men. Honey dusted off his hands and I put my own hands behind my head with a slight upwards twitch of my lips.

"Heh. You dare to be so noisy when you can't even fight properly! If you mess with my friends, you're a goner!"

I gave a short chuckled and patted Honey on the head.

"You tell 'em."

Haruhi hadn't moved and I assumed that she was in a bit of shock at what Honey and I had done when the rest of the group ran out from the vegetation, Tamaki in the lead.

"Haruhi! Are you alright?!"

"Huh? Honey-senpai? Kohaku-senpai?"

The twins followed after him and began poking at the downed police force with sticks. It was fun to watch.

"I don't know what happened, but it seems like everything's fine."

"Yeah. Did Honey-senpai beat them all?"

I squatted down next to the guy they were poking and spoke.

"Nope. This one's mine."

I poked him in the cheek with my finger as the twins just sat there with shocked looks on their faces.

"No way!"

"How?!"

I cocked my head to the side as Haruhi came over as well.

"Didn't I already tell you? I go to a boxing gym when I'm stressed out. That, and I've done quite a few martial arts. I've just never got around to mastering them. Didn't have the cash."

I held my hands up in a shrugging motion as they looked at each other before bombarding me with questions. I backed up a bit, the sheer loudness of them making my headache worse and held up one hand while the other cradled my head.

"Wait! Wait! One at a time! And you should answer Haruhi's question first!"

They turned towards her and she flinched and glared at me, not exactly happy that I had sent them after her. She sighed though, and asked anyway.

"How did Honey-senpai beat all of these guys?"

"You didn't know?"

"Haninozuka is renowned for martial arts"

"During his second year in high school, Honey-senpai participated in the National Championship with judo and barehanded fights."

"Now answer our questions, Kohaku-kun!"

It was my turn to sigh, but I nodded as they started going one at a time; noticing Kyoya behind them listening in with his laptop in hand. I'm surprised he brought the thing, being surrounded by water and all.

"What do you want to know?"

"How many martial arts have you done?"

I hummed in thought and tapped my chin. "Let's see. I've taken two self-defense classes, karate, aikido, and kick-boxing. So, four, but I've always been interested in learning more."

"Okay then." Kaoru thought about his question for a moment before snapping his fingers. "How good are you at them? What's your belt level?"

"Yeah…not very good actually. The one self-defense and karate class I took when I was maybe ten or so, but I got up to a yellow belt before we couldn't afford it anymore. The aikido class I took maybe a year ago and I could have been a 5th kyu, but I didn't have a chance to take the test before I dropped that one too. Then the other self-defense class was combined with the kick-boxing class and I was in that for a good couple of months, but I was really good at it."

"So…you suck."

Haruhi glared at their bluntness, but I nodded.

"Pretty much. I mostly get away with mixing what I remember and making things up as I go along, with a few tricks and cheap shots here and there. That, and most people don't expect a fight coming from someone like me."

I smiled innocently and the twins sweat dropped probably worrying about their safety and poor Haruhi stared at the ground in defeat. Honey then came over towards us with Mori and hugged me around the neck.

"You did good, Ko-chan! I didn't know you could fight!"

I chuckled. "I can get by. I'd like to learn more actually, but I can't afford it so I stick to the boxing gym to keep up my strength."

He looked towards Mori. "Neh, Takeshi, maybe we could teach Ko-chan kendo and judo!"

I quickly looked over at them. "Really?! I-I mean, I can't pay you or anything, but I-I've always wanted to learn a bunch of different martial arts and they didn't have kendo schools in the area I used to live, s-so I never got the chance."

Honey smiled at me. "Uh-huh! I don't mind and you don't have to pay us, Ko-chan. It's what friends do, right?"

I spun around and hugged him with a huge smile on my face, before setting him down and hugging Mori too.

"Thank you so much, Mori-kun, Honey-kun."

I felt his heavy hand pat my head as his voice echoed through his abs.

"Ah."

I suddenly flushed, fully aware now that he wasn't wearing a shirt and that he had great abs. I suddenly let go and looked up at him while rubbing the back of my neck nervously.

"Sorry."

He shook his head and then there were a pair of arms across my shoulders, weighing me down. A finger poked each of my cheeks in unison and I could feel the evil, devilish vibes coming from the two twins.

"Looks like Kohaku-kun…"

"…has a crush~"

"I-I-I do not!"

My face flushed brighter and the twins laughed.

"Look, Kaoru! He's like a tomato!"

"Yeah! Relax, Kohaku-kun. We're only teasing~"

The way he said that had me scared and when I looked at Mori, I was even more concerned because of the look he was giving me. I couldn't quite explain it, not only because he wasn't a very emotional person, but because I've never seen that emotion directed at me. That emotion. I've seen it before but…I-I can't recognize it. He was then forced to turn away when Honey bounded over for a piggy ride to the exit. Seems he had just a little bit too much fun for the day.

The twins gave me a look when I finally tuned back in to the world, but they then dragged me over to Tamaki and Haruhi.

"How about we go to the ocean next?"

"Stupid, Haruhi isn't interested in those kinds of-"

Haruhi interrupted him. "Ocean? If it's the ocean, I'd like to see it."

"Haruhi?! B-But you said-"

"It's just not interesting if it's someplace like this."

Tamaki then noticed me and dashed over, begging on his hands and knees.

"Kohaku-senpai! Y-You have to help me!"

I raised a brow. "Why? I think it would be nice to go to the beach."

His mouth dropped open and he gave me the most upsetting kicked puppy eyes I've ever seen. Wow. Even I would give in to that. Checking to see if the twins were out of ear shot, I bent down low next to him and whispered in his ear.

"Just think, you could see Haruhi in a swimsuit. You know, and maybe take a walk on the beach to see the sunset without the twins getting in the way. Isn't that what every father wants to do with his daughter?"

I pulled back, letting that sink in when he suddenly shot up like a rocket with his finger poised in the air.

"You are right, Kohaku-senpai! I will start making the plans at once!" He stood there proudly as I clapped with a bored expression.

"That's great, but shouldn't you go save Haruhi from the twins first?"

His eyes widened in shock before he hurried off. "Haruhi! Stay away from those devils!"

I chuckled from the ground and went to get up when I noticed a hand reaching down to me. I looked up to see Kyoya, the glare on his glasses covering his expression. I took his hand, cautiously and allowed myself to be helped up. Something's wrong here. He's contradicting himself. He told me he didn't want to be near me but now he's helping me? The Kyoya I know doesn't help people unless there's profit involved. That because the Kyoya you know was a character, remember? Right. He's not just a character anymore. I even think there was one episode where he did help someone out of generosity…at the mall, I think. That, and he has his own personality away from the manga. I took a breath and nodded at him.

"Thanks, Kyoya-kun."

He nodded in return and started to walk away, when I called out to him.

"Ah, wait!" He turned around and I pointed ta my head. "C-Could you, um, look at this for me? I hit the side of the pool earlier and H-Honey said I almost drowned so…"

His eyes widened when I said that I almost drowned, something barely noticeable behind his glasses. He came back over and grabbed my arm a bit tight, but I ignored it as he forced me to sit down on one of the beach chairs near the exit. He reached into the pocket on his Hawaiian shirt and pulled out that same flashlight that he used on me before. I could tell, don't ask me how, but I could.

He shined it in my eyes and I squinted with a frown, trying to push his hand away.

"Keep still."

"Sorry, but your stupid light hurts my head."

He sighed, exasperated and pointed the light away from my eyes.

"Fine. Give me your wrist."

I handed him my wrist as he took my pulse, staying quiet since I know he didn't want to deal with me. He finished with a sigh and went to push his glasses up. I bit the edge of my lip and struggled to keep from stopping him like I did last time. He paused, just before he pushed up his glasses and looked up at me, an evil smirk on his face. Oh, you sadist. He got up, not pushing up his glasses I noticed, and composed himself.

"You're fine. A mild concussion, so you'll be sensitive to light and sound for a little while. Take some over-the-counter pain medication for the headache and you'll be fine."

I gave him a look. "You just contradicted yourself."

"What?"

I rolled my eyes. "You said I was fine and then said that if I take the pain medication I'll be fine, indicating that I'm not fine. Also, I'm okay with leaving you alone like you wanted, but could you at least make a little sense instead of switching around all the time? You're a real jerk when you tell me to leave you alone and then come over and help me like nothing's wrong."

I cradled my head in my hands again, the headache pounding behind my eyes from getting angry with Kyoya.

"I suppose I apologize for being…contradicting, as you put it, and Haruhi has also given me a lecture as to being a jerk towards you, but I will not apologize for that."

I sighed and shook my head. "I never expected you to. I, however, apologize for what I said and did before. I shouldn't have tried to change you and it wasn't my place, so I'm sorry."

I got up and bowed to him, turning to leave. Fu-kun was looking between the two of us and I could feel how nervous he was, until I was pulled back suddenly. I somehow managed to keep my balance and went to ask Kyoya what his problem was when I saw him glare at me. I tried to glare back, but I knew it wasn't as strong as I hoped.

"W-What?" The stuttering doesn't help either.

"You don't even know what you're apologizing for."

I blinked, a bit surprised and confused. "W-Well, for stopping you from pushing up your glass-"

"That's not why I am…upset with you."

I mentally chuckled at the fact that he still couldn't come to terms with his emotions, but gulped at the scalding look he was giving me.

"I am not happy with you because I am not the only one hiding my emotions behind something else."

Everything finally clicked in place with what I had done. Kyoya had called me a hypocrite because I…

"I'm doing the same thing…"

"Quite. I suggest you start changing yourself before you try to change others, Kohaku-senpai."

"R-Right."

I lowered my head as he released me and stood there for a second as his voice drifted back to me.

"I will give you a ride, if you need one-" My eyes widened as I face him and he turned back around and began walking again. "-but I am not willing to wait around for you, senpai."

I nodded hurriedly and smiled a little as I followed him to his limo, somewhat happy that he wasn't nearly as angry with me as he was before. Even the devil has a soul somewhere.

Omake: Fu-kun's Daily Life

The camera zooms in on Fu-kun, Kohaku's long time companion, sitting in a soft red-velvet chair as he quietly sipped from a small tea cup. The ferret doesn't seem to care about the camera for a moment until a voice calls out to him in a hushed whisper.

"F-Fu-kun. You're on."

The ferret lifts his head and looks over at the camera. Oh. It seems we are…Ahem, well, for those of you who don't know, I am the amazing Fu-kun! The smart and cunning ferret who keeps Kohaku in line. Kohaku walks past the room for a second, before backing up and nearly dropping her own tea cup.

"Fu-kun? W-Who are these people and where did that chair come from?" Her expression hardened. "You better not have been buying crap off the internet with my money again."

Fu-kun looked over at Kohaku with an innocent expression. I don't know what you're talking about, Ko-kun. I think you've just had too little sleep. You're hallucinating. Kohaku looked around and her hard expression turned a bit dazed as she rubbed the bridge of her nose with a sigh.

"I may be hallucinating, but hallucination or not, I better not see this crap in the morning."

She walked away mumbling incoherent things as Fu-kun cleared his throat and turned back towards the camera. Ahem, anyway, I was sure you many people out there reading this would want to know what I do during my daily routine when not accompanying by friend. So I have prepared this quick slide show for you're entertainment!

A white screen appeared out of nowhere and a projector flashed images on the screen, starting with one of Fu-kun sleeping. The next image showed him taking a bath, a little cloth covering his forehead as though he was at an onsen. I'm adorable, aren't I? This next pick shows what I enjoy doing in my spare time. He paused as he heard chuckles and turned to look at the screen to find a picture of him wearing a mini coconut bra and grass skirt with the twins in the background holding back laughter as they held him up for the camera.

The screen suddenly turned blank as Fu-kun coughed in embarrassment, a small amount of pink lacing his fur-covered cheeks. R-Right…How did that get in there?…Um, well, as you can see my life is full of excitement with or without Kohaku and the host club. Next time we'll cover-

"Fu-kun! You little rat!" She appeared in the doorway and pointed a shaking finger at the ferret. "That damn chair is not a hallucination! It cost me $1,200!"

Turning back towards the camera, Fu-kun took a calm sip of his tea. And with that, I bid you…adieu! The ferret jumped out of the chair as Kohaku launched herself at him, the small tea cup clonking off her head. She scowled and yelled at him as she ran around the apartment.

"Don't ignore me you pest! Get back here!"

Meanwhile, next door…

Haruhi and her father stared at the wall that connected them to Kohaku's room, listening to the chaos seemed to be happening on the other side.

"How are you supposed to pay me back?! You're a ferret! You can't work!"

Haruhi sweat dropped at what she just heard and went back to her dinner, as her father already had. She's having an argument with a ferret. I seriously wonder what goes on in her head sometimes. She sighed and put some more food in her mouth, silently worrying for Kohaku's sanity.