"Wow, Kyouya-sempai, this is the COOLEST CAMERA EVAH!!! I LOVE THE COLOR YELLOW!"

"It said so in your applications. Now start taking pictures," is all the Shadow King says.

"Anno... of the Hosts, right?"

"That is what the camera is for," Kyouya says, a little irritated.

"Then CHEESE!" there is a flash of bright light.

Shashuko shows Kyouya a picture if himself blinking in surprise. His response is to smooth his hair.

"You've created a monster, Shadow Lord," says the Amerikajin evilly. Then, her cell phone rings (sounding suspiciously like the 'Everbody Was Kung Fu Fighting' song).

"Koshou-chan! Long time, no talky!" There was pause. "Hey, what town do you live in again?" Another pause, then Shashuko's eyes widen. "What school do you go to?" After this pause, she smirks evilly. "Are you at school right now?" Pause. "Where are you? What room?" ... Pause. "Do me a favor? Stay there for a bit."

"Sorry Kyouya-sempai, I have to leave. Be back in a sec!" Shashuko bolts for the door. Approximately fifteen seconds later, loud screming is heard.

"That sounded like Ara-chan," says Hunny thoughtfully. "She was in the karate club."

"You mean Arakawa-san who was your junior officer?" Kyouya asks, leafing through his ledger.

"Yep! That's her!"

Shashuko runs in, dragging a brown-haired, glasses-wearing girl with a pair of cow ears on her head. "Haruhi! Haruhi! This is my pen pal! Arakawa Koshou is her name!"

"What are you doing here na no da?" Koshou squeals.

"FOREIGN EXCHANGE!"

"No way! You?"

"I wanted to go to Japan, so I entered an application and studied really really hard!"

"You?" Koshou repeats.

Shashuko chuckles. "Yep, me. I think I aged three years in one. I'm never taking a break from procrastination ever agin."

"But why are you with the Host Club?" Koshou asks, confused.

"I'm on the intelligence! I help Renge-chan here come up with cosplay ideas."

"Have you though of dressing them as Avatar characters?" Koshou says thoughfully.

"Koshou-chan, I don't think anyone besides you or me would get it."

"Good point... well, this Karate captian is late. Bye!"

"You're captain now, Ara-chan?" Hunny asks in surprise.

"Of course I am na no da! Since you quit and all."

"Well, you were my second in command, ne?"

"I was! And now I'm first! And it rocks!"

"Koshou-chan, why haven'r I seen you before? You'd think I'd a pair of cow ears... am I really that oblivious?"

"I was sick. Just got back now for Karate club, which I have to back to now, so I'll email you later, okay?"

"Okays! Bye bye! Ja ne! Sayounara!" Shashuko waves as Koshou leaves.

"Bye bye na no da!"

"Bye!"

"Bye!"

"Bye!"

"Would you stop that? It's getting on our nerves," the twins groan.

"Okays. SAY CHEESE!"

FLASH

"Shashuko, you're not going to get any good pictures that way," Kyouya grumbles. "We won't get any profits."

"Sorry sempai! I'll be a good girl from now on!" Shashuko says, holding a plate in front of her face.

"Is that a Tobi impression?" Renge says. "Tobi's vice isn't like that, it's--"

"I know, I know. It's not as girly as mine. OOC can be funny too, ya know."

"True, true. Don't you just love Kisame's image amoung the fanbase?"

"I know! He's all hyper!" Shashuko squeals. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I gotta take pictures! Lots and losta pictures!"

She spends the rest of the day photographing the Hosts. She has a fun time sneaking around the club room and hiding behind potted plants (which is completely unneccessary, but entetaining) and humming the song 'Bumble Bee' (doopi doopi doo da da, doopi doopi do da da!).

Tamaki is, not urprisingly, very easy to photograph. It was like he doesn't know there's a camera at all!

This is because he was too wrapped up in flirting with all the girls to notice. Kyouya had known this would be true and so, he hadn't told Tamaki that Shashuko would be given a camera from the start.

Haruhi always knew where the camera was. Sometimes, she followed it with her eyes, looking very mildly interested. Whenever Shashuko took a picture of Haruhi, she looked up with that cute surprised look of hers. This annoys Shashuko becuase she, in her mind, is supposed to be sneaky, but later, Kyouya says it looked okay (Tamaki said it was SO CUTE and kept trying to steal the camera).

Hunny, Mori, and Kyouya act as if the camera isn't there at all (although Hunny waves every once in awhile).

In fact, the hardest Hosts to snap pics of are Hikaru and Kaoru. This is largely because whenever Shashuko tries to capture them, they flip off the Camera.

"If you must flip people off, do it when I'm not photographing you, okay? You're not making this very easy for me." Shashuko tries to ask nicely, but it comes out as a threat.

The twins flip her off.

"ARGGH!" She shouts. Then, she takes a picture of herself with her angry expression and looks at it. Her expression changes in an instant to that of a little child with a new toy. She starts giggling.

"I look hilarious!!!" she hoots. "What a creepy expression! Woohoot! Hahaha."

"Can we see?" ask the twins, who stand up and loop around to peer at the camera screen.

They stare for a minute, then start laughing as well. "Ha ha ha ha! This is the scariest thing we've ever seen!"

"Thank you," Shashuko laughs sincerely, "I'm gonna keep this one to show my friends back home... I must!" Then, she cracks up and can't stop laughing for twenty minutes striaght.

"What are you laughing at, Shashuko-san?" Haruhi asks.

"I don't remember anymore!" Shashuko replies, laughing even harder. "Nww I can't stop... asking why I'm laughing doesn't help!"

"I'll remember that," Haruhi says, sweatdropping. "Could you try to stop? I think you're annoying people," she adds flatly.

"Sorry... haha... this has happened before, too..." Shashuko leaves the club room, still laughing like heck.

She runs to the bathroom, puts her head under the faucet, and turns it on. Cold water, full blast.

"Hahaha... that tickles! Hahaha!" she hits herself in the head, then laughs some more.

"Shashuko-s-san! What are you doing here?" stutters Yamade Kimiko, stepping out fo a stall.

"Club activities. But I think I've gotten some sort of laughing seizure... ha! laughing seizure! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!"

Kimiko shrugs and starts washing her hands. "Well... t-try thinking of something that m-makes you s-sad. Maybe th-that'll h-help."

Shashuko turns off her faucet and takes her head out from under it. "Hmmm... something sad... SasuSaku! HAHAHAHAHA! That's the saddest thing there is!"

"Not s-sad as in pathetic! S-sad as in..."

"Bridge to Terabithia! The only movie I ever cried during! And that was only once! I'm a heartless biotch! Hahaha!"

"Something that makes you s-sad but doesn't make you l-laugh?' Kimiko stutters helpfully.

"Oh! Okay hahaha!" Shashuko takes out her cell phone and shakingly dials a number.

"Kuro-chan? What makes me sad? Hahaha I can't stop laughing! Does Kitty agree?" (don't ask).

"Yay! Kitty agrees!" (again, don't ask) Shashuko laughs a minute later. "But seriously, Kuro-chan, what makes me sad?"

There is a pause and Shashuko trembles.

"Waaah! Why Haku why? Zabuza was a jerk anyway! Why die for him? Whyyyy?!?" she screams.

"A-archer-san? W-what's wrong?" Kimiko asks.

"Eheh. Sorry Yamada! My favorite anime character dies... heh heh. I get carried away easily in cases like this. I remember there was this one sad scene in Book 6 of Tokyo Mew Mew, and I was upset for half an hour! Poor Kisshu..."

"I remember that na no da," says Koshou, walking in. "It took Beatles music to cheer you up."

"The power of Beatles... Koshou-chan! Hi! Do you know Yamada-san?"

Koshou nods. "She's in my Home Ec class, Shashuko."

"Oh." Shashuko sweatdrops. "Shows what I know! What's your homeroom?"

"1-A."

"OMG me too! We're in the same class!" Shashuko squeals.

"Yays na no da! I gotta go now... see you in class!"

"Ja ne!" Shashuko giggles.

"Byes na no da!"

Shashuko watches as her pen pal leaves, then turns to Kimiko.

"So, Yamada-san... how are things with our favorite neko?"

Kimiko blushes and stutters: "N-no! It's nothing l-like that, I t-t-told you!"

"I know that! You've told me a million times before! BUT, do you wish it was something like that?" Shashuko raises her eyebrows and gives a sly half-smile.

"W-what? Whatever makes you think th-that?" Kimiko's face begin to go from hot pink to bright red.

"Because, whenever I mention him, you blush and stutter more than is usual. Also, you blush whenever he talks to you. And, you treat him with such respect..."

Kimiko's face turns from bright red to crimson. "R-respect is neccessary b-because he's m-my..."

"Your sempai, I know." Shashuko rolls her eyes. "But still, you wish he wasn't just a sempai to you, do ya?"

"W-what do m-my w-wishes matter?" Kimiko's face is the color or deoxygenated blood (if you've never seen that, it's pretty dang close to black).

"Duhhhhh... yeah! Everyone matters! We are all God's children. Oops. That probably doesn't help unless you're me in disguise. But then who would I be? Anyway, maybe you should just try to be his friend. Things will work out in the end, I'm sure! If I ever have another chance to speak with Nekozawa-sempai alone, I'll plant a seed."

"A w-what? A seed?"

"It means I'll put in a good word for you," Shashuko explains. "Kay?"

"O-okay." Kimiko replies. "Th-that'd be good."

"I'll have to try my hardest to be subtle though..." Shashuko notes. "I'm not very good at subtle. I promise that no matter what I say, I won't tell him you like 'im!"

"U-um... are you sure this is a g-good idea?"

"I'm sure! Friends?"

"O-okay. Friends."

"Yay! My first out-of-class-or-club friend! You can call me Shashuko, by the way. I don't like the way 'Archer-san' sounds."

"S-sure... well, the others m-might b-b-be worried about me... I'd better g-go..."

"Bye bye! May I call you Kimiko-chan? Or Kimi? Kimi sounds cuter!"

"W-wha-? Well, if y-you like that better, I s-suppose you can call me that..."

"Thankee! I gotta go too now, since I've stopped laughing! Bye Bye, Kimi-chan! Sayounara! Ja ne! Laters!"

"L-later," Kimiko sweatdrops, thinking, 'Archer-san... um, Shashuko-san, is very... eccentric. I hope no trouble comes of this...'

Shashuko walks back into the club room all smiles. "I'm back! Stopped laughing! Didja miss me?"

"No," unisize the twins.

"I'm not surprised. After all, that's an 'asking-for-it' question!"

"An 'asking-for-it' question?" Haruhi asks, sweatdropping.

"Yeah, like if I said, 'Do I look stupid to you?' or 'Do I look like a boy?' then most people would say yes. Also, if you say no, the other person might think you have a crush on them. I've learned long ago that an 'asking-for-it' question is not a fun thing to ask unless you like being insulted as much as I do."

The twins grin evilly. "Amerikajin, you're soooo stupid!"

Shashuko turns around and gives them a smile. "Thank you. I know!"