Time to introduce yet another character! Hope you like her! ^_^ Sorry that I haven't updated in a long time… There was a fair in my town, and I blew off all forms of work. Lol! I'm watching The Real Housewives of New Jersey, and it's a bit hard to concentrate… but bear with me!

Disclaimer: I don't own Ouran. Grawr!!!

Ever since the dance, Hikaru and Kaede had less and less fights. Although… ever once in a while he would yell at her about a broken dish, or she would yell at him telling him to breath softer. But, this had all become part of a routine for the club, and they had gotten used to their bickering in the background.

It was all going very well… until Hikaru took it a step too far… again! (a/n: Does he ever know when to stop?) "Hey, is it impossible for you to say what you want once in a while!?" yelled Hikaru from across the room. Of course, it drew everyone's attention.

Kaede was nodding silently as she was being reprimanded by one of the girls. The girl was telling her the tea was cold, and Hikaru couldn't believe that she was just standing there! She had seemed so… out spoken when they fought, but she didn't make any attempt to stop the girl giving her trouble!

Kaede, turned to the girl, apologized quickly, and swiftly walked over to Hikaru, glaring at him the entire time. "May I help you?" asked Kaede sarcastically.

"I said, say what you want once in a while!"

"I want you to shut up, is that too much to ask?" sighed Kaede. This only fueled Hikaru's anger. He gawked at her.

"How come you have no problem when other people get mad at you, but when I get mad, you flip out!?" questioned Hikaru accusingly.

"They get mad at me for good reasons. Unlike you, who, at this very moment, is telling me off because I can take responsibility for my actions?"

"God." muttered Hikaru under his breath, "No wonder you have no friends." This wasn't meant for Kaede's ears, but she managed to hear it.

"Ha! No friends, eh?" snarled Kaede. "Don't say things about people like it's a bad thing, while I know perfectly well that you weren't exactly popular before this club."

"I wouldn't say popular, but we got love letters every week." Retorted Hikaru, who was practically touching her nose with his. Both of them were shooting daggers with their eyes.

"Oh yes, how wonderful for you. Too bad you were dumb enough to shove everyone away!"

"KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" yelled a different voice. Both Hikaru and Kaede's heads turned in wonder. A short girl was hopping through the room towards the two. She had short, blonde, wavy hair and big blue eyes. She was smiling, and one hand was gripped on a koala backpack.

"Nika?" asked Kaede startled. "What are you doing here?"

The girl had finally gotten to where the two were standing. "Aw, are you being mean to him Kaede?" asked the girl, now known as Nika.

"Naw, I'm not." Surprisingly, Kaede smiled at Nika while saying this.

"Good! You made a promise remember???" stated the girl, still oblivious to the fact that every single person was staring at her.

"I remember, don't worry." Kaede said.

"Good! Now, introduce me to your friend!" said Nika, gesturing towards Hikaru.

"He's not my friend." "She's not my friend." Said the two at the exact same time. They both were startled by this, but continued glaring.

"Oh me oh my." Muttered Nika. "Someone's in denial." With this, she hopped off to an empty table and waved at Kaede. Kaede waved back, more out of duty than desire.

"Who the hell is that?" asked Hikaru, rolling his eyes. "She's mental."

"That," responded Kaede, "would be the friend you said I didn't have." Hikaru's head perked up and he turned to have a second look at Nika. It couldn't be true… they were so different! Kaede was sarcastic and didn't seem to care about what people thought of her… and Nika was wearing a fluffy pink dress and Hikaru was pretty sure she was singing to herself right now. "Be nice. Or you'll have me to deal with." Threatened Kaede.

"God, don't worry." Said Hikaru. "You really need to have more faith in me." He turned to look at Kaede, but she was walking toward Nika. "Hello!? I was talking over here!?"

"If you want to make yourself useful, go say hello to your newest guest." Sighed Kaede as she gestured towards Nika. "And I warned you, be nice!" Her eyes were enough reinforcement for him. He wasn't sure even he wanted to cross her on this subject… She was scary!

"Fine, fine, fine…. But I'm not going to enjoy it!" yelled Hikaru, as if saying the last word was enough for him. He sighed and started to walk over to Nika, who he was now sure was singing to herself. He gulped and sat down.

"Yay!" said Nika happily as he sat down. "This Host Club is cool, you know?" Hikaru nodded as she continued to blabber about nothing important. He kept on nodding at what he thought was the right places, and she seemed to buy it. "Uh… Do you respond to anything!?" asked Nika, waking Hikaru from his daze.

"Uh… yeah!" muttered Hikaru. He broke his gaze to look at Nika.

"Wow… this sure is an interesting turn of events here… isn't it?" smiled Nika, clapping her hands.

"What are you talking about!?"

"I mean that you like Kaede, of course… what else would I be talking about?" asked Nika innocently.

Hikaru jumped up from his chair. "That's not true!" yelled Hikaru. "How could someone like someone like that!? She's loud, blunt… and she doesn't like dresses… and er…"

"And she's smart, pretty, speaks from the heart… you're right, what's there to like?" said Nika. "I mean… who wants someone who is a real person, unvarnished and there." continued Nika. "It may not be apparent… but she's better than most of us… the good and the bad parts of her. She is a bit awkward, and she does have a short temper and stuff… but she's a good person."

"Yeah, I'm sure she is." said Hikaru flatly.

"Oh well," Sighed Nika. "I guess you will have to wait and see for yourself." She stood up suddenly and held her hand out to Hikaru. "Well, Hikaru, nice meeting you."

He took her hand tentatively and shook it. "Yeah… same."

She turned quickly and called behind her shoulder, "And keep looking! You'll see soon!" He rolled his eyes, but nodded. She giggled and left the room the same way she entered, hopping.

Hikaru was scared stiff when he heard Kaede's voice next to him, "Oh… she's gone already?" asked Kaede as Hikaru jumped nearly ten feet. How long had she been there? "I had just made tea… Oh well. So, what did you guys talk about?"

Hikaru stole a glance at her and muttered, "Nothing… she just talked to herself…"

Kaede smiled. "That's her."

"How the heck did you become friends with her?" questioned Hikaru as he turned back to go to the table he was originally hosting.

"Oh… I actually don't know. All I remember is her coming up to me in kindergarten and asking if I liked strawberry ice cream… she was my friend from then on." Kaede laughed to herself, but soon became serious. "I hope you were decent to her." muttered Kaede as she walked the opposite direction.

"Of course I was! What did you think I would do!?" called Hikaru across the room. She didn't answer and he stalked off back to his table. He sat down and thought about what Nika had said. What good could he find?

Okay, sorry that there wasn't any other characters in this chapter… I am tired! I just wanted a chapter for Nika to be introduced, and I needed to update… so here it is! The next chapter will be something no one is expecting! A trip! Yay!