Chapter 14

"Truth!" I immediately answered.

"If you could have me do anything to you, what would it be?" He fired right back and I felt myself blushing madly.

"I-I-I," I stammered trying to form a clear thought.

"How about be your official boyfriend?" He whispered huskily into my ear. My blush lessened but it was still there. I found myself smiling and nodded, leaning my head against his chest. I reached up and kissed his cheek and was rewarded with a smile from him. The other hosts looked at us in shock and Tamaki was spluttering like a crazy person.

"Akari is officially mine and no one can play any tricks on her except for me," Kaoru explained smiling, making Tamaki even crazier. I laughed at his reaction and snuggled closer to Kaoru. I gazed at the other hosts to see who I should choose as a victim. I debated on asking Mori but he didn't seem to really care about the game other than Honey's safety. I looked over to Haruhi and I came up with a plan to get her to safety.

"Hikaru, truth or dare?" I asked him, already knowing what he'd pick.

"Dare," he replied evilly, "Let's see what you got, Akari."

"I dare you to let go of Haruhi and you can't trap her for the rest of the game unless a dare is called to do so, but it can only last for a couple minutes. No dare can break this dare!" I said with a smirk, receiving a glare from Hikaru. He slowly let go of Haruhi who jumped up and sat down in her own chair.

"Maybe I can get some peace and quiet," I heard her mumble and I smiled at her attempt of ignorance for the game.

"Hikaru, it's your turn," Kaoru said whenever Haruhi was situated and I leaned back against his chest once more.

"Honey, truth or dare?" He asked the little boy who then seemed to think about it after the last disaster.

"Truth!" He said eagerly awaiting the question.

"Have you ever had a crush on anyone here?"

"Yes!" He said happily then frowned, "Then again no. Depends on what you call a crush Hika-chan!" Hikaru groaned in annoyance for not getting a clear answer. "My turn! Tama-chan, truth or dare?"

"Dare?"

"I dare you to share a piece of pizza with Kyo-chan when it gets here!"

"Seems harmless enough," At that moment the twins burst out laughing at something in the dare.

"What's so funny?" I whispered to Kaoru who calmed down enough to whisper in my ear.

"If you think about it in a certain way, you could get them to share the same piece at the same time. If you don't understand that, I'll explain later," I thought about it and finally figured out why they were laughing. I blushed a dark shade of red and turned back to the game.

"Don't I get any say in this?" Kyoya asked suddenly, making Honey giggle.

"Nope!"

"Kaoru, truth or dare?"

"Dare!" At that moment the doorbell rang signaling the pizza was here.

"I'll get it," Haruhi and I said simultaneously and stood up. We headed to the door and grabbed the food then pulled out our wallets and split up the price.

"Thank you," We said to the delivery guy who then nodded and went back to his car.

"We'll put the cake on the side for Honey and I'll cut up the pizza," Haruhi told me and I nodded. I went to fetch the other members but they had already followed the aroma to the kitchen and were eagerly awaiting its arrival at the table. I went back into the kitchen with Haruhi and grabbed some plates for the pizza. Then we gave everyone a piece of each kind of pizza. There were enough pieces left for everyone to come back and get a second slice of each and we headed out to the kitchen with everyone's plates.

"Everyone can get a second slice from either box so enjoy," I said, passing around the plates and sitting down to eat my own. At that moment, I saw none of them reaching to eat it and I wondered if they knew how to. "You guys do know how to eat pizza, right?"

"We've never had pizza so we're not sure how to eat it," Honey explained with a nodding Tamaki and a slight flash of the glasses from Kyoya.

"You eat it with your hands like this," I sighed and showed them how to eat it. Everyone seemed unusually excited about it except for Kyoya and Mori.

"Don't forget your dare Tamaki!" The twins exclaimed when they remembered his dare from earlier. Tamaki seemed to deflate and looked over at Kyoya sheepishly who sighed in return. While they carried out the dare, the rest of us continued to eat.

"I was hoping we could go on a 'field trip' again for the hosts club sometime this week. I wanted to ask everyone where they would want to go so we don't end up in a disaster like last time," Tamaki suddenly said, causing everyone to stop eating.

"As long as I don't get kidnapped again," I heard Haruhi mumble and I wondered what she meant. I made a note to ask her about it later.

"I say we let Akari decide since she's new," Kaoru spoke up and I saw a couple of the hosts nod in agreement.

"But I've never been anywhere outside of the city. At least that I can remember," I mumbled the last part and tried to think of different places around the city.

"You don't have to pick a certain place today, you can let us know later, but we'll need to know soon," Kyoya said, easing my thoughts. I nodded and continued to eat while deep in thought.

"How about we watch a movie!" Honey exclaimed making everyone jump from the sudden break in silence.

"That seems alright," Haruhi said, not seeing anything wrong with watching a movie.

"Alright," The twins sighed and brought everyone back into the room from earlier. They pressed a button on the wall that revealed a hidden TV from behind the wall. Haruhi and I stared in wonder as it was situated into place but everyone else was sitting in their original seats. A shelf also came out of the wall holding several different gaming consuls and a receiver to control the volume. Speaker systems also came out of the wall at different places to provide more sound and I decided to sit down in Kaoru's lap again.

"What should we watch?" Tamaki asked and before the twins could open their mouths, Haruhi and I yelled the answer.

"A happy movie!" Hikaru and Kaoru groaned while Honey laughed and clapped his hands like a child.

"Alright," Mori said, nodding his head and holding Honey.

"If everyone else wants to, why not," Kyoya said and got himself comfortable on the couch. Tamaki nodded his head and picked out a movie from the case against the wall. As he was putting it in, I noticed a nearby blanket and grabbed it to wrap around Kaoru and myself.

I wasn't really paying attention to the movie because I couldn't stop thinking of a place at the back of my mind to go visit. The problem was even if I could figure out what is was, I had a sense of feeling that said I wouldn't know where it is. Before I knew it, I'd fallen asleep.

I woke up in a chair all by myself in the same room we'd been in, yet no one was around. When I looked around, I noticed several things were different. There wasn't any technology in the room, including the lamps. The floor didn't have a carpet and was wooden while the walls were a different color. Other than that, it was the same size and had the same furniture.

"Guys?" I called out only to hear my echo respond. I got up from the chair and went to look out the window. I was shocked to find only a forest surrounding the house I was in. It gave me the creeps yet put me at peace at the same time. Half of the trees had fallen over while some others were dead. The rest surrounded the house like a wall, making it impossible to see through. All of a sudden, I saw an image of someone flash in front of the window, causing me to jump back in fear. "Who's there?!" Once again there was no answer.

I walked over to the door and tried to open it but it wouldn't give. I pulled harder and harder but it still didn't budge. I was growing more scared as the minutes slowly ticked by in the agonizing silence. I went back over to the windows and tried to open them, only they wouldn't either. All I ended up doing was disturb some of the dust and bugs that had been sitting peacefully for who knew how long. "Anybody?" I cried out, knowing only silence awaited.

"Akari…" Someone called behind me, causing me to quickly turn around. I thought I saw my brother standing there but the image quickly disappeared yet again.

"Who's there?!" I demanded with a scream, falling to my knees and banging my fist against the floor in frustration. I crawled back over to the couch and pulled myself up onto it, curling into a ball to try and wake up to get out of the seemingly haunted house. All of a sudden, I felt a cold pressure on my shoulder, causing me to shiver and look up only to find empty space again.

"I'm going insane," I mumble to no one in particular and closed my eyes again.

"Akari, come back. Come back to us Akari," A whisper that could be carried away by the wind said, making my eyes snap open but I didn't look up. "Come back…"

"Come back to what?! Who are you?!" I yelled, sitting up to see who was talking. My eyes scanned the room and landed on a flickering light in the corner. I got up and walked over to the light slowly, as if to not scare it off. "Hello?" I called softly.

"Akari… Akari…" The voice seemed to moan and it came from the direction of the light.

"Who's there?" I asked quietly. The light seemed to grow in size and I made out three figures in it.

"COME BACK AKARI!" The figures yelled, making me cover my ears at the sudden noise. I backed away from the light but not without a final glance that I regretted. Two of the figures seemed to be adults, one female and one male. Their skin was burned off and you could see the bone. Blood oozed from the sockets where their eyes should be and they had no hair. If I didn't know any better, I'd say it was their skulls rather than faces but there were still pieces of skin clinging here and there.

All their clothes were torn and dirty, as if they hadn't been washed for a while. The little figure seemed to be a child that was holding what seemed to be the remains of a stuffed bear. The neck was almost completely twisted off and it was missing an arm and leg. Stuffing was sticking out of it but the child didn't seem to care. The child's mouth was open as if in a silent scream but they didn't have eyes either. Unlike the parents, the child didn't have any skin and was entirely made of decaying bone. The torn clothes hung from its body carelessly, barely covering it.

They all had vicious wounds on their body as if they'd been in a fight before they'd died. Both the parents had wounds to their chest while the child's was to the head. Though the blood had long since dried, it was still a dark red, almost a black in the light. "Come back!" They continued to scream, their voices bringing me to my knees.

"Come back to what?!" I screamed at them, getting up and running to the door. I pulled on it again and this time it opened, allowing me to run away.

"Come back to us," They seemed to answer and instead of following me like I thought they would, they stayed inside the house as if trapped. I ran away from the house and wove around the fallen trees, trying to get as far away as I could. I didn't turn around for fear of finding them right behind me and kept running until I saw light up ahead. When I broke away from the trees, I looked up to see the sun shining full force and a road that seemed to be very busy at this time. There were vehicles driving to and fro and I looked around to see if I could find a sign.

I walked around until I found one and it read Interstate 8, Bunkyo, Tokyo 10 miles. I realized that was the area where Ouran was located and I immediately wondered what was so special about the lost house in the forgotten forest.

"Akari," I heard a voice call yet again, causing me to tense and look around. "Akari, wake up." I frowned, slightly confused. Wasn't I already awake? I thought. "Wake up Akari, the movies over."

My eyes snapped open to a worried Kaoru and I immediately sat up, narrowly avoiding a collision of our foreheads.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to fall asleep," I muttered and Kaoru smiled at me reassuringly.

"Its fine, you looked peaceful asleep until half way through the movie. By the time it was over, you kept squirming and mumbling under your breath something like 'come back'. Is everything ok?" He replied and when he mentioned 'come back', I remembered my dream and felt myself pale.

"I think I know where I want to go this week," I said tonelessly, not giving it any thought. I needed to go check out that house and try to find the secret behind why it felt so familiar. Kaoru was frowning slightly at the way I was acting but I didn't pay any attention. The other hosts were looking at me weird but I noticed Honey and Haruhi had also fallen asleep. Honey of course was in Mori's arms and I did a double take at Haruhi's position. She was practically snuggling with Hikaru who was holding her close, occasionally glaring at Tamaki as if he would steal her away. I wondered if he'd freaked out during the movie and Hikaru would always pull her protectively closer every time he glared.

I also noticed Tamaki's hand was over Kyoya's between the two of them on the couch. What shocked me though was that Kyoya didn't seem to mind at all and was slightly touching his shoulder with Tamaki's. Looks like everyone has a little romance in their lives right now, I thought.

I stretched a little after standing up and tried to think of an activity to do that everyone would like. I closed my eyes when I felt the sun's rays hit them and I looked out the window when I felt comfortable. I noticed a small court with a tree house nearby and wondered why the twins would have one.

"Looks like you found the secluded part of the mansion. We haven't been there in ages," Kaoru said, coming up behind me.

"How come?" I asked, laying my head down on my arms that were lying on the window sill.

"We lost interest in basketball when our parents started training us to take over the business and there was never any much use for the tree house. Brings back memories though," He grinned and wrapped his arms around my waist.

"Why don't we go out there and play then?" I asked, turning around to look at him. Kaoru seemed surprised but then smiled down at me.

"You and Haruhi don't seem like the type for basketball. And I doubt everyone would be up for it."

"I know but I have an idea. Please can we try?" I pleaded and he sighed in resignation.

"Alright, I'll tell the others just for you." I giggled when he kissed my nose and I ran to wake Haruhi up.

When we were all outside, I told everyone the different activities they could do. "Kaoru told me that he and Hikaru haven't been up in the tree house forever so I'm going to be decorating it and doing other activities. You guys could play any kind of game you want down here on the court while waiting or you could help bring the supplies. I tried to divide it up to what I knew everyone would most likely choose. Honey and Haruhi would probably help me decorate and because Mori would want to look out for Honey, he'd probably bring us the supplies. I figured the twins, Tamaki, and Kyoya would set up some kind of competition to play for basketball.

"I'll go with Akari," Haruhi said and Honey instantly agreed to go as well. Mori grunted and stood by Honey.

"Boss, let's play some basketball! We bet we could score more points than you," Hikaru called to Tamaki who accepted the challenge with a smile.

"This could get interesting," Kyoya said casually, pushing up his glasses that flashed in the sunlight. Just like I planned I smirked, and started to climb the ladder up into the tree house. When I finally made it to the top, I was shocked to see what I found. It wasn't a tree house, it was a tree mansion! There was a living room, a 'bedroom', a game room, and a snack room. The living room led out to a huge balcony that was the perfect place to do something peaceful like homework.

"Damn rich bastards," I heard Haruhi mutter and I started to laugh.

"Mori, do you think you could bring us the supplies?" Honey called down innocently. I saw Mori nod and silently pumped my fist.

"Get some chairs! And some art supplies please!" I called after him while looking at the bare walls. "Let's start in the living room since it will probably be the most detailed," I said to the others who nodded in return. I told them how we should set it up a little like the game room inside just without all the lamps and what not. A simple rug, some chairs, and a couple tables. Afterwards we could hang some photos and drawings on the wall to add a little life to it. When Mori came back, we set up a pulley to get the furniture up into the tree. As Honey and Haruhi were setting up, I moved on to the other rooms and set up how I wanted it to look in my head. I added in touches of what everyone would like and was glad with the results.

I set up the chairs on the balcony myself and put a special kind of table that would hold drinks so they wouldn't fall over. I leaned over the edge to see how Tamaki was fairing with Hikaru and Kaoru and found them all having fun. I smiled at the scene and snapped a photo with my phone the twins had given me. First photo on the wall I thought happily and went back to help Haruhi and Honey.

Mori had brought sleeping bags for all of us to put in the 'bedroom' in case we all ever slept outside. I let Honey pick out the snacks that would go in the cabinets while Haruhi and I started to draw pictures and take photos. We ended up messing up each other's pictures and would fall into fits of laughter but a few came out pretty good.

When we had each gotten good pictures of everyone in the tree house, we all went down to see the basketball match coming to an end. Tamaki was beating the twins by a couple of points and they weren't happy about it either. We snapped some more photos and after they were done, we all took a group picture after setting the camera up right.

"That was a really good idea Akari!" Hikaru called over to me while we were walking back to the house to print out the pictures.

"Yeah, I'm glad you thought of that," Kaoru said next to me. I smiled and squeezed his hand a little. We'd been holding hands and I noticed Hikaru had been able to grab Haruhi's. Honey was riding on Mori's shoulder while Tamaki and Kyoya were walking next to each other.

"Now we can all hang out in the tree house and Hika-chan and Kao-chan can go there more often," Honey said happily. Everyone started pitching up ideas about what to do after hanging up the photos when my stomach growled. I stopped and looked down surprised and looked at the time on my phone.

"Crap it's already dinner time," I said aloud and everyone seemed surprised too.

"Guess it is," Kaoru muttered after checking the time.

"What's for dinner?" Hikaru asked suddenly.

"Akari, Haruhi, will you make us something?" Kyoya asked.

"That's a spectacular idea Kyoya! Our precious daughters could make us all something while we help set up!" Tamaki exclaimed making Haruhi sigh in annoyance.

"Don't expect anything fancy," We said at the same time and looked at each other in surprise. I cracked a smile and saw a little lift of her lips. We went upstairs to print out the photos and then put them in a folder when they were done so no one would damage them. Afterwards, we went back down to the kitchen and debated on what to make. We ended up deciding on the same dish she'd made for them the time they'd surprised her with a visit.

I got out the pans and ingredients while she did the main cooking. I signaled to everyone to let them know it was almost done and went back into the kitchen to help Haruhi give everyone servings. Grabbing the plates, we brought them out to everyone and handed them off.

"Thanks Haruhi! Thanks Akari!" Everyone said in unison with different phrasings. Haruhi nodded while I smiled in return and we both sat down to eat.

"Akari, do you mind telling us where you want to go for the short trip?" Kyoya suddenly said. I looked up in surprise and slightly paled when I remembered my dream from earlier.

I nod slowly and say, "It's out in the country, about a 10 mile drive. I don't recommend bringing any guests." There must've been something about my voice because everyone had stopped eating and seemed uncharacteristically serious in Honey's and Tamaki's cases. "What?" I asked.

"You seem a little pale, are you sure it's where you want to go?" Kaoru said quietly. By this point, I had put my fork down and was staring at a spot on the table. It reminded me of the eyes the figures had had and I couldn't stop staring.

"I have to go," I answered quietly and his eyes seemed to soften.

"Does this have to deal with your dream from earlier?" Hikaru asked and my head snapped up.

"Why do you ask that?"

"Because you had been whimpering in your sleep and kept tossing and turning. You also said something about 'come back'," Tamaki answered. Honey and Haruhi were confused since they had fallen asleep during these events and no one had explained.

"Yeah, it does," I sighed in answer, "I think I remembered something but I have to make sure." Everyone nodded in understanding and started eating again but I had lost my appetite. I picked at my food and moved it around but never truly ate it. When everyone was done, mine had the most food on it. It was nearing 7 and we were all torn between a sleep over or to send everyone home.

"What if we had the sleepover so we could go on the field trip tomorrow? That way we don't have to worry about school," Haruhi voiced, silencing everyone's arguments.

"Seems fair to me," Kyoya said and everyone agreed to the sleep over.

"We should sleep in the tree house!" Honey exclaimed and I broke into a grin agreeing.

"I think that's a splendid idea!" Tamaki agreeing, starting pulling everyone to the tree.

"Wait! We need some light first!" Kaoru said, trying to pull away from his grip. Tamaki reluctantly let him and Hikaru go who ran off to go get lanterns.

"We should hang up the photos!" I shouted and ran after them. We parted ways at the top of the staircase and I went to grab the folder along with some tape. I made it back down before the twins and when they finally arrived, we all ran to the tree. Haruhi and I changed in the living room while the boys changed in the bedroom.

"Can we come in?" I knocked when we had gotten done. After we heard a yes, we walked in and chose our sleeping bags. At that moment, we heard someone call from below. I walked over to the window and opened it to look down. What I saw shocked me beyond belief.

Hey guys so I'm going to have to end it there, sorry! Not really xD This is about a 1000 words less than the last chapter but I'm glad I was able to keep my promise of two chapters in one day! When they were arguing about having a sleep over and I wrote about school, it hit me that I still have to do my algebra homework (yes I have homework over the weekend, someone needs to shoot my teacher). Because I'll need to proofread this, I'll only have a little time to do homework but its only polynomials so. I believe that the name on the sign was the correct one for where Ouran is located but I could be wrong. I also made up the interstate and I know Japan doesn't usually do that stuff but I felt something was needed to tell where the house was.

Here's the bad news: We are nearing the end of this story! It's a lot longer than I had thought it would be, but it's still shorter than your average stories that are like 25-40 chapters. I hope you guys enjoyed my celebration of my late one year anniversary on fanfiction and are still enjoying the story enough to come back and keep reading! Till sometime next week! I'll probably go back to the original schedule of uploading on Saturday morning.