As the days rolled by new found resentment from Haruhi companions were soon found. Every where she went steely glares were shot in her direction and whispers could be heard. Still, Haruhi kept her mouth shut and her head down determined not to attract attention. Don't give them anything to talk about, don't encourage them, it will end soon Haruhi, She found her mind mummer to her every time she felt the anger bubble up though her body. Clenching her fist and burrowing her chin into her chest Haruhi carried on working, appearing immune to her friends turn from her.

The host club soon started taking to escorting Haruhi from class room to class room in a desperate attempt to shelter her from the whirlwind of hate that Haruhi found herself caught up in. It was mainly the twins but more often than not Mori, sometimes accompanied with Hunny, would stand waiting outside her classroom. Once her lesson had finished he would wordlessly escort her, his large serious eyes ever darting around looking for potential hazards as he stood closely by. So close she could feel his body heat and he could feel her slight shaking. This would make him tense up and move an inch closer to Haruhi urgently trying to defend her with his body as his primal instincts to protect grew stronger day by day.

The bell signalling the end of school rang and Haruhi felt a rush of relief wash though her. Weekend had finally graced its self and Haruhi had never felt like she needed a weekend as badly as she did now. The twins leaped off in excitement leaving Haruhi to roll her eyes in amusement but found her face frowning slightly. Her small hope of them walking her to the gate left making her feel on the edge as she scanned the room. Hastily she began shoving her positions in her bag not bothering to make sure no pages got creased. She could hear sniggering of boys behind and quickened him her pace.

"Oi Fujioka!" Haruhi's back stiffened at the sound of her name. Swiftly she carried on as before pretending not to hear.

"Oi Fukioka!!" The voices screeched and Haruhi found a large hand grabbed her shoulder and spin her around. Glaring down at her was a large burly boy accompanied by two girls, each giggling manically.

"Don't you know it's rude to ignore people, or did your tranny of a father never bother to teach you?!" The girls carried on giggling. One of the girls looked extremely excited about what ever she had to say to Haruhi. She was a painfully thin scraggy looking girl with long hair scraped back into a hair band making her forehead stretch and her eyes budge. She had a particularly piercing voice as she screeched in delight.

"Don't blame him, it's not his fault commoners don't have any manners, they were born as filth and they will die as filth" she sneered, poking Haruhi sharply in the ribs. The boy's grip remained tightly clenched on Haruhi's shoulder.

"My farther thinks' it's awful that we should be forced to associate with people like these, he's the head of the restaurant chain Fanzio's you know" she added in a businesslike manner. Well I'm sure this will please him, you seen it yet?" Rummaging through her bag she pulled out the latest addition of The Common Problem and trusted it into Haruhi's face.

"Do you see that!" She squealed in delight. Haruhi felt a sharp pain in her left eye as the leaflet stabbed into it causing her to clamp her eyes shut in pain.

"Oi Fukioka LOOK!" Roared the boy shaking her violently. Suddenly the door slammed open and Haruhi opened her eyes in surprise at the loud noise only to re-shut them as they immediately burned. She saw a hazy figure step in front of her and heard a crash followed by shrill screams. Squinting Haruhi opened her eyes slightly to see the large boy lying sprawled out on his back and the girls flee the room. A tall figure stood in front of her glowering down at the now whimpering boy.

"Leave now!" The low voice whispered menacingly and Haruhi felt herself shudder at the sound. The boy obviously did too as he ran towards the door staring at the figure in fear.

"Yoou..you... you won't last long here Fujioka, me and my friends will make sure of that! He shouted before dashing out of the room.

Wincing Haruhi gently rubbed her eyes as the gradually focused.

A worried face was leaning down looking into hers.

"Mori..." Haruhi gasped as she finely felt able to open her eyes fully. "How did you know i was here?"

Mori sniffed still glancing over her as if to check for any damage.

"I was waiting outside the room. When you didn't come out i got worried."

"Thank you Mori". He shrugged and grabbed her bag hoisting it over his shoulder with ease. "I promised i would protect you". Haruhi, feeling her emotions suddenly swell up inside of her, without really registering what she was about to do flung her arms around him and squeezed him affectionately.

Mori felt his heart race as the girl wrapped herself around him. Slowly and slightly unsurely he placed his hand on her back and felt surprised at how lovely the simple jester with her was. Feeling more relaxed to Mori tightened his arm around her. She let go and smiled up at him as he nodded towards the door to leave. Haruhi nodded to and started to follow when she saw the leaflet on the floor, quite forgotten in all the commotion. Making sure Mori couldn't see she quickly picked it up and slipped into her bag.

She met Mori at the door and they both headed out towards the car park. The school was now quite empty apart from one black car still waiting on the drive. As they approached a small boy leapt out.

"Mori!!!" cried hunny dashing towards them, "What took you so long?" He said until he saw Haruhi walking with him. His face fell unnaturally grave.

"Did anything happen?" but Haruhi quickly shook her head.

"No everything's fine Hunny, thank you! Have a nice weekend I'm going to head home now!".

"We can give you a lift Haruhi!" Offered Hunny sweetly but Haruhi declined politely exclaiming that her home was close and everyone had gone now. Bidding farewell Haruhi watched the car drive of and turn left out of her span of vision. She remembered what the girl had said about the leaflet "Has she seen it yet?!"

Haruhi felt her nerves itch as she felt herself glancing sideways at the bag in her arm containing the leaflet. Pushing the thought out of her mind Haruhi hurried of home.

--xx--

Turning the key in her door she could hear the phone ringing. Flinging the door open she rushed towards it and picked it up in the nick of time.

"Mushi mushi!?" She said slightly breathlessly. She was slightly surprised to hear Kyoya reply back in his stern voice. You could almost hear him slide his glasses up his nose as he spoke.

Haruhi, i have decided that it is maybe in your best interest to take a break from the host club for a while, until things have died down. It is getting dangerous and serving girls may not be the best thing for you at the moment. Don't worry i am applying all my energy into finding out the writers, we will find them and have them punished. Tamaki is also talking to his father about having the leaflet banned from school.

After their short conversation Kyoya wished Haruhi well and they said there farewells. Haruhi stared around her room before running on hand effortlessly though her hair. She knew they were trying to help her but it still left like she had lost her friends. Being unable to attend the host club, an activity she had always done had really mad her feel sad about her situation. Sitting down at the kitchen table Haruhi pulled her bag closer. Tentatively she reached inside and grasped the leaflet that was lying on top of her books.

The Common Problem – Take A Stand!

Once, the dirt of the mediocre was contained. They were on their streets, in their small apartments, their little offices and their public schools and in the squalors of the underground. They were kept in their place keeping their sadistic and cruel nature away from our own. However the times have changed. With an increasingly more lenient and apparently cowardly headmaster in place this known scum that have been contaminating our darkest dreams are now seeping their way into of prestigious school and are spreading like mould. Show your support and protect those you care about before they are hurt by these violent people. Show your support by wearing the Badge at the back of the booklet....

The article continued but Haruhi had lost interest. Instead she immediately flipped the leaflet over to the back to see a small circular object attached. Looking down on it Haruhi saw the words GET THEM OUT in big black letters on a small pin badge.

In a rare fit of anger she chucked the badge across the room and heard a small ping as it collided with her Tv. The was a most definite foreshadowing for trouble on Monday.