Angelina opened the door to the music room where the hosts had gathered in their latest French-style outfits. Haruhi was actually dressed in appropriate clothing for her gender.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to intrude," she said to them.

"Angelina," Haruhi said as she realized who had entered. "What are you doing here?"

"I guess I wanted to see how things were working out with Tamaki."

Even the twins who normally would've jumped at the chance to flirt with such a beautiful woman deflated at her words.

"Not good, huh?"

Angelina had hoped that her words to him earlier would have some effect. But she was limited in how far she could go and what she could do. Ultimately, the choice was up to him.

Kyoya dialed another number on his phone. "Hello, Shima? Been a while, hasn't it? It's Kyoya."

"This is about Master Tamaki, isn't it?" the elderly woman said on the other end. "I'm sorry, Kyoya, but the Master will be departing for France soon. I tried to talk him out of it, but he said the Suou family had forgiven his beloved mother, and that he was finally grateful to get to see her again. He also said that if he stayed at Ouran any longer, his capriciousness would only continue to make trouble for you and everyone else in the club."

"How could he be so stupid?" Kyoya pulled the phone away from his ear. "Evidently, Tamaki is planning to return to France."

"Huh?" all the hosts exclaimed in horror.

Angelina sighed. Her words hadn't had as much effect as she wanted. Surely Tamaki had to understand that Haruhi was special to him and leaving her wouldn't change that.

"Tama-chan is going to leave us?!" Honey exclaimed.

"You're kidding me!" Hikaru yelled. "We can't just let it end so suddenly!"

"Hikaru…" Kaoru said gently, surprised at his brother's reaction.

Angelina put a comforting hand on Hikaru's shoulder. It didn't take away the pain he was feeling, but he hurt less for reasons he couldn't explain.

"Excuse me, sir," Shima said on the phone.

"Yes?" Kyoya answered.

"I was just thinking, if the Master's mother really is as a remarkable woman as he claimed she is, then I can only imagine she would be upset with the manner in which the Master has chosen to leave Ouran Academy."

"Do you know when he's leaving, Shima?"

"I'm afraid his flight is this evening."

"Why is he leaving so soon?"

"He would've left sooner, but he said he had to wait until the Ouran Fair was ending."

Kyoya saw to his horror that a red car was departing from the school with Tamaki in it!

"Tamaki!" he exclaimed.

Everyone, minus Haruhi, ran to the window just in time to see the car take off for good.

"Tama-chan!" Honey cried.

"No way!" Kaoru yelled, banging his hands on the window.

"The Ouran Fair isn't even over yet!" Hikaru added.

"My family's car should be in the parking lot!" Kyoya told them urgently. "Haruhi, let's go!"

"I'll come with you," Angelina said. "You'll need all the help you can get."

With no time to argue about letting a stranger come with them, they all bolted to the parking garage.

Angelina met eyes with Mori and Honey on the way down. She didn't need to say anything at all. They understood what she wanted them to do.

Kyoya ran to the driver's seat of his family's car where the driver sat in waiting.

"We're in a hurry," he said urgently. "Can you drive us?"

"I'm sorry, sir, but…"

"What is it? What's wrong?"

"Well, you see, the thing is…"

The hosts looked up to find members of Kyoya's family's private police squad surrounding them.

"Do you want to tell me your orders?" Kyoya asked icily. "Let me guess. You've been hired to protect Lady Éclair."

Hikaru protectively pushed Haruhi behind him while Kaoru did the same for Angelina.

"I'm truly sorry it has come to this," one of the policemen said, "but as you know, as members of the Otori Private Police, we answer to your father."

Kyoya lifted up his fist in frustration and pounded it on the car so hard, he left a dent on the hood. His hand started throbbing, but he was so furious, he didn't even notice.

"I'm terribly sorry, sir, but we've been ordered not to allow any of you to leave, even if we have to stop you by force."

Angelina looked to the left and decided to speed things up a little. She squinted her eyes and in barely a second, Mori and Honey came bursting through on the carriage Tamaki had paid for.

Honey jumped out of the carriage in front of the policemen who suddenly looked terrified.

"Hikaru, take the carriage," Mori said. "If you use the back hills bypass, you can cut them off."

"It's Haninozuka!" one of the policemen exclaimed.

"And Morinozuka!"

Hikaru grabbed the reins to the horses as he sat atop the carriage. Kaoru and Angelina hopped into the seat.

"Come on!" Kaoru said as he extended his hand to Haruhi.

Kyoya grabbed Haruhi's shoulders from behind. "Haruhi, go get that idiot. Hurry!" Kaoru and Angelina pulled Haruhi into the carriage with them. "Now go! This is your chance!"

Hikaru urged the horses on faster and faster. Soon they were going much too fast for such an uneven pathway.

"Hikaru, Kaoru, Haruhi, Angelina, please bring him back."

Angelina bit her lip as she heard Kyoya's pleading voice inside her head.

"We will."

Kyoya gasped lightly. Had he really just heard Angelina's voice? But she was in the carriage with the others! How was that possible?

"Hikaru!" Kaoru exclaimed. "Don't you think we should slow down? Somebody could get hurt!"

"We're not slowing down until we get the boss back!" Hikaru answered desperately.

"But Hikaru!"

"If it wasn't for Tamaki, then the two of us would still only be lost souls! We were able to become friends with Haruhi and the others because the Host Club brought us together! To think that all of it could end so suddenly like this…IS SOMETHING THAT I CAN'T TOLERATE!"

The carriage ran over a large rock and went flying. Kaoru gripped onto Haruhi tightly as he held onto the carriage. Angelina put her hands on the carriage and concentrated hard. The carriage didn't topple over, but Hikaru didn't having anything he could hang onto. He flipped out of the front seat and landed hard on his back.

"No, Hikaru!" Kaoru yelled. He and Angelina bolted out of the carriage and ran over to Hikaru. "Hikaru, Hikaru! Hikaru, are you okay? Is your arm hurting you?"

"This can't be the end, boss," Hikaru mustered out. "It's just not fair. The Host Club's the only thing that made us happy."

"Hikaru…"

Angelina placed her hand on his arm. "I think you have a broken arm," she said softly.

As she touched his arm, Hikaru felt the pain flow out of him. He knew that his arm was still broken, but the pain wasn't as searing anymore. How could she do that just by touching him?

Angelina looked up at Haruhi still in the carriage. As she met eyes with her, she gave her the same look she had given her right before she had told off Kyoya's father. What was she going to do about this?

Angelina smiled as she saw a new fire light up in Haruhi's eyes for the first time since Tamaki had left with Éclair the day before. She wasn't going to let Tamaki go without a fight.

Haruhi whipped off the wig she was wearing to reveal her short brown hair and took off the top layer of her heavy dress. Then she hopped into the front seat of the carriage and grabbed the reins.

"What's she doing?" Hikaru asked.

Haruhi whipped the reins and the horses took off again. Hikaru and Kaoru got up and looked after her as she sped down the dirt road almost faster than Hikaru had gone.

"Hey," Hikaru said quietly. "Where's Angelina?"

When the twins looked around, Angelina was nowhere to be found.


Tamaki whipped around at the sound of a carriage behind him. "Haruhi!"

Éclair's eyes widened at the sight of the girl. She looked like…a girl. "That's Haruhi…Fujioka?"

"What are you doing, Haruhi?! This is dangerous! Stop the carriage, now!"

By now, Haruhi was riding alongside Tamaki's car. "Senpai!" she pleaded. "Please come back to Ouran!"

"I mean it! Stop the carriage!"

"All of us would be completely lost without you, senpai!"

"But they…they also said they were put out by the Host Club."

"You really are an idiot! What's wrong with you?! After all this time we've been together…you still can't tell when we're joking and when we're serious?! Everyone loves being in the Host Club! We really do! Even me, senpai!" She held her hand out to him with the first real smile she had given anyone in a long time. "I love being part of the Host Club, too!"

Tamaki started to reach for her hand, but Éclair quickly put her hand on his arm to stop him. She looked up at him with pleading eyes.

Suddenly, the carriage ran into the wall on the bridge and Haruhi lost her grip on the reins.

"Haruhi!" Tamaki exclaimed.

Angelina watched the scene above from below the bridge. She smiled and squinted her eyes a little. Éclair reluctantly let go of Tamaki's arm. He turned to her and gave her a genuine smile before leaping from the car after Haruhi.

"Haruhi!" he yelled.

"Senpai!" Haruhi cried.

Angelina concentrated just a little bit more. Finally, they grabbed hands in midair and Tamaki quickly pulled Haruhi close to him. He firmly wrapped his arms around her waist and head in a protective embrace. Haruhi smiled as she gratefully rested her head on his shoulder.

Angelina smiled wider and blinked. The two of them plunged into the water headfirst, but she knew that they would at least be safe.

Tamaki gently carried Haruhi out of the water. "That was reckless, Haruhi. You have to be more careful. Look at you, you're soaking wet."

"A little water never hurt anyone," she smirked as he set her down. "Besides, people are always telling me that I'm dripping with good looks."

Tamaki chuckled a little at her words, and Haruhi giggled in response.

"Tama-chan! Haru-chan!" Honey yelled happily as he ran over to hug them.

"Hey, boss!" the twins chorused.

Kyoya sighed as he pushed his glasses up. "Oh man, he's such a moron."

Angelina smiled again. The Host Club was reunited again, and this time, everyone was truly happy. She may not get to witness it which was a real shame, especially after all the work she had done, but she knew that Haruhi and Tamaki had finally accepted how they felt about each other.

The way they looked at one another said it all.

A kiss surely wasn't going to be far behind.

Angelina looked up at Éclair.

Éclair looked down at Tamaki sadly. She really did care about him. She had heard so much about him that it was almost like she already knew him. But deep down, she knew that he would never be happy with her. Not when his heart belonged somewhere else.

"You know…" she said slowly as her driver rode to the airport. "Maybe…I should arrange for her to come to Japan for just a little while…"

Angelina smiled to herself and resumed looking at the Host Club down below. That fire and spark had returned to Haruhi's and Tamaki's eyes tenfold. It was a fire and spark that was only there when they were together.

Angelina turned around and began to walk away from the hosts. "I guess my work here is done."

No one ever saw Angelina again. In fact, when the members of the Host Club asked the people who had attended the Ouran Fair about her, no one claimed to have seen anyone matching Angelina's description.

Kyoya could not find any information on her which was a rare occurrence. He could find almost anything on anyone. One thing kept pestering him. She never said 'My name is…'. She always said 'You can call me…'. It was something that could easily be missed, but it was nagging at his mind all the same.

He almost laughed when he looked up what her name meant, feeling foolish for not realizing it before.

Angel.