Chapter 3- Suspicions:

Tetsuya:

Lately, the boss has been acting rather strange. He's less mean than he used to be. Must be a girl. Then again, what girl could make Ritsu happy? What girl could even stand him when a lot of girls thinks he is mean? Honestly, the boss isn't that mean. I knew he had a softer side.

I headed to the boss's room to try and wake him up. It was the weekend after all and he had issues getting up. I opened the door and raised an eyebrow when a cute red kitten greeted me. She was very cute- that's for sure. She had bright blue eyes and blood-red fur. I haven't seen anything like it. Though something told me something was off about this kitten. She looked at me curiously and meowed as if to say 'what are you doing here?'

At least this explained why the boss had been happier lately. He loved animals. Not many people knew that- but I did. He loved cute little things like small pets. He never had a pet though. I suspect it was a good thing for him.

I knelt down to the kitten,
"Why hello there," I petted its ears.

She purred and then meowed again. She left my hand and jumped on Ritsu's bed. She walked over to his face and pawed at it, when that didn't work, the small kitten jumped to the bed stand. She put a paw on the alarm clock and pressed the radio button. Music blared loudly and Ritsu jumped up. She hit the button again and it stopped.

Smart kitten. A normal kitten wouldn't have been able to do that. Ritsu looked at me,
"Don't tell anyone."
"Tell them what? You have a pet? No."
I chuckled and reached for the kitten and held her in my arms. Something in those eyes told me she was more than a normal kitten. What it was for sure- I didn't know. She purred loudly though and stretched out in my arms. I looked at her,
"She needs a bath."
I thought I saw the kitten blush- but that wasn't possible. Ritsu looked at me,
"Her name…is Chi."

Chi's ears perked up. He scowled,
"And I think she needs a bath too."
Chi looked at us horrified and tried to give us the cute kitten face. It didn't work. I grabbed her and held her gently, but firmly.

"How do we do this," Ritsu asked, "it's a cat….don't they bathe themselves?"
"She's a kitten. Probably didn't have a mother to teach her….just get a washcloth with warm water. That should work."

I felt Chi relax in my arms slightly. She jumped out of my arms and headed to the restroom. She jumped onto the sink and turned on the water. She looked at us as if to say, 'I am not a weak kitten- just give me a damn bath and let's get this over with.' I blinked. Ritsu looked a bit taken back too,
"She is a smart cat."

I narrowed my eyes,
"Still a cat. It's not as if she knows what 2 plus 2 is."

I froze at the sound of four meows. Ritsu and I looked at her shocked. The kitten titled its head.
"What's five plus six," Ritsu asked. I looked at the kitten in disbelief as it meowed eleven times.

"She is a smart kitten," I said suspiciously. Something wasn't right here.

Chi meowed innocently. Chi acted…well, human. She just wasn't exactly a normal cat.

Third Person:

The host club was having fun at the park. Fumi pawed at her collar- and the tag on it. Hunny decided it wasn't official unless she had a tag. It wasn't anything to much- just a simple little green bone tag that read Keba in white letters. The twins were running in circles chanting,
"Commoner's park! Commoner's park!'

Haruhi sighed, rich bastards. Keba barked as if to say, 'I know how you feel.' Haruhi smiled slightly. Something inside told her Keba-chan was different. The twins looked to Kyoya- who wasn't really having fun since he was just writing in his notebook.
"I wonder what he writes in that," Hikaru said and got an evil glint in his eyes.

The twins headed to Keba and whispered,

"Get that book."
Haruhi sighed,
"She's still a dog. She doesn't know what you-"
She stopped as Keba obeyed. She ran to Kyoya and jumped up, snatching his book in her jaws. She went back to the twins and handed it to them. The twins smirked,

"It actually worked!"
"Congratulations," Kyoya said as he glared and smiled evilly, "now, give me back the notebook."
The twins gulped and carefully gave the notebook back to Kyoya. Haruhi looked at Keba.

"You're a pretty smart dog."
Hunny came up and petted Keba. She wagged her tail,
"She is, isn't she! She even gave herself a bath- in the tub! Isn't that right, Takashi?"

Mori nodded and he looked at Keba. Something told him that Keba wasn't a normal dog. She was to smart- too human. Keba looked at him innocently.
"If only she could do math," the twins joked and turned to Keba, "what's two plus two?"

Haruhi rolled her eyes but stopped as four barks came from Keba. Kyoya wrote away on his notebook,

"Smart indeed."

"Chi," Ritsu's voice yelled out followed by what sounded like Tetsuya's voice yelling the cat's name as well.

"Figures, the creepy cat's name is blood," the twins muttered.

Sure enough, the red cat was there. She ran straight to Keba. They didn't fight or play. They just sat there, barking and meowing as if having a conversation.

'This is weird, isn't it,' Eri said.

'Yep. Though, I do sleep on the same bed as Mori.'

'Dream come true!'

Fumi blushed,

'Well…he's my favorite out of the hosts….you?'

'I sleep with Ritsu but Tetsuya found out about me today since Ritsu was hiding me. He's not so bad. I think they should've shown him more in the anime.'

'True- not enough credit to background characters.'

'No kidding. Though, I could do less with those Lobelia girls.'

Suddenly, Eri grinned evilly. The twins saw the cat's looks and shivered.

'You're first day as a host dog is Monday. I'll be sure to be there.'

'Why?'

'We can mess with Tamaki's head.'

What sounded almost like an evil cat laugh came out of Chi. The twins looked horrified. Keba laughed as Ritsu came running to the park. For once, he wasn't in uniform. He had black jeans and a dark red shirt. He grabbed Chi.

"I thought I told you not to run."
'Didn't mean I listened,' Eri muttered though it just came out as a meow, but Fumi laughed.