To accompany Tamaki's theme of medieval knights, Lloyd-kun played something called War of the Last Wolves, although he sat in a set of armor that he had produced himself, rather than anything the Twins and Tamaki cooked up. Yuri-sempai too had looked at the armor and produced his own, as well as Coolidge-san, who was announced that day as the 'Daredevil' type, giving his preference of jumping off the cliff to start swimming, and also announced to the club he'd rather they called him by his first, rather than family, name. Asch and Luke-san had joined up that morning, and were un-official as of yet, with Asch-san accompanying Lloyd-kun on the piano as his cost for joining, and wore their own as well.

Then, the Zuka club arrived. Lloyd-kun had changed to something the sheet music called Blastia, but managed to stop playing before he made an unfortunate noise with his bow, but Asch-san was not so lucky with the piano as they proclaimed their intention of shutting the Host club down due to being sexist.

"Are you serious?" Lloyd-kun asked, clinking a little as he stood, his black scale mail shifting again as he stood, a pair of dark belts holding mismatched hilts, one of red and gold and the other of silver and blue, at his side.

"You think they're being sexist?" Yuri-sempai follows up, his dark coat of armor shifting as well as the half-cape on his back, the blade he'd brought sheathed and simply sitting next to him as he leaned forward, his hair tied at the base with a black and red wrap.

"Them?" Luke-san snorted, his coat a red split tailed thing and his sheathed blade behind him.

"You do realize that any girls who come here come with the intention of getting flirted with, right?" This had to be the most they'd heard Asch-san speak, the long red haired twin in something that looked almost like a Halloween costume, a red and black tabard over dark grey armor and belted at his left a blade.

"You guys are idiots..." Senel-kun sighs, his armor white with strange colored decals for a torso, and dark blue with white edging for waist down.

"Or maybe..." Yuri-sempai continued on the tail of Senel-kun, not giving the Zuka club time to retort.

"You're just jealous~." Judith-sempai, she too had requested to be called by her first name, or the 'Judy' that Yuri-sempai used, says, smiling benignly with her spear tucked under an arm. She was wearing her modified uniform rather than anything else, but the red and black spear she carried in to Host Club that morning made the Hosts agree to have her sit in. Both of the clubs stared at her.

"Judy, honey, that wasn't what I was going to say." Yuri-sempai sighs, then smirks a little. "It works, though."

"I think they're jealous that you can do what they're trying to do better." Judith-sempai smiles at the Hosts.


The Transfers politely declined cross dressing to become siblings for Haruhi-chan. Tamaki was a little put out that he couldn't have Yuri-sempai and Asch-san as additional sisters, but gave up.


Halloween was next. This was one of the few times when classes were canceled, and the Host Club simply went for all out dress up rather than a theme. So when Yuri-sempai showed up in dark grey edged in red, with red horns and all, it wasn't much surprise that he was a demon, false fanged smirk and all. Lloyd-kun showed up with a teal wig on, a false gold arm shaped like gun of sorts and an eye patch, a red jacket over a gold shirt and black pants. Luke-san had put on a honey-brown wig, red cape, red contacts and false glasses, a black coat and pants under it. Asch-san had managed to get all his hair into a shorter blonde wig, a blue bead on one side, and he wore dark blue under decorated light, very loose orange pants with wraps that reminded the other Hosts of apple pie crust, and a plush pig with bunny ears. Senel-kun had either dyed his hair red, or wore a red wig, a black head band that covered one eye, no shirt but for a pair of belts, necklaces, and a holder for short spears with bangles on his wrist, tattoos on his shoulders of sun and vines under it, and he wore a pair of red pants under a white and black striped loose thing. Judith-sempai had darkened her hair further, to a shade nearly the same as Yuri-sempai's, and put it up in a bun at the back of her head that splayed out. She wore a lavender kimono-type coat that showed the white of a bra in the middle and barely went past her hips, and dark pants.

The Twins were Angels, something that had Lloyd-kun laughing hysterically, knocking his fake limb against his legs as he laughed, while Tamaki was a vampire, something Luke-san smirked about. Kyouya gained stares for his priest costume, mostly from Asch-san, and all the Transfers found Mori and Honey-sempai's dog costumes to be amusing. They made no fuss over Haruhi-chan's supposed cursing, and spent more time talking with a pair of blondes, one Scifo-san and the other Gardos-san, and wearing each other's clothes, by the comments the Fon Fabre Twins and Yuri-sempai gave. Lloyd-kun spent the entire time playing something that started out sounding slightly jumbled, then rose into something that sounded like a great, noble fight-theme.

"Say, Lloyd-sempai." The twins crowded next to him after he exhaled long and set the violin down.

"What's that one called?"

"It's called 'Break the Angel's Wings'." Lloyd-kun told the twins with a vaguely evil grin as he replaced his false-limb. "So, this ball, can we bring people who aren't students?" Lloyd-kun asked Kyouya as the twins recoiled in feigned horror.

"I believe it's allowed." Kyouya pushes his glasses up. "Why do you ask?"

"I'd like to bring some friends." Lloyd-kun shrugs.


'Some friends' in Lloyd-kun-speak seemed to be around 90 more people. At least, he assumed these other people were associated with the brunette as he had never heard of them, or even seen their like before.

Of course, that might have to do with the fact it was a Halloween party.

A redhead man with long wavy hair, in pink of all coat colors, talked to dark haired woman in an outfit that matched Judith-sempai's costume. A small boy with silvery hair in a blue shirt and shorts talked to a small girl with pink hair in a dress of dark blue, a woman with matching silvery hair in earthen orange coat and black pants talked with a man with long blue in a dark cloak over white pants, while a man with shorter, but no less blue hair and fine dark clothes casually eyed the architecture and decorations. A man with dark red hair that barely reached his shoulders in dark violet looked like he'd rather be elsewhere. A girl with long blond hair in a white dress bounced over to Lloyd-kun and they started to talk excitedly.

A man with honey-brown hair and glasses just like Luke-kun's costume, but in something blue and uniform like. A brown haired girl in a brown dress that looked vaguely militant, a short haired blonde girl who found and followed Asch-kun while in a short pale blue dress. A small brown haired girl in pink who was talking with a green haired – yes, that was a boy, in white robes. A blonde young man who was carefully keeping an eye on every female he could while in a brown vest-coat over white shirt and black pants, aparently the Gardos-san.

A red haired man clothed identically to Senel-san, a small black haired boy in violet that left only his feet and forearms defined, a short dark-brown haired girl in a tight black shirt and pants and a blue coat, a blonde girl in a dress that was hemmed up at the front and long at the back who talked to Senel-san right off the bat. A brown haired girl in a short yellow dress and high boots who bounced about looking at everything shiny. A brown haired man with glasses in an orange shirt with a small girl tugging him about.

Scifo-san, who was arguing with Yuri-sempai, in blue and steel armor rather than the clothes he had been wearing, a young woman with short pink hair in a petal-shaped dress between them. A girl with brown hair and half an odds-and-ends shop hanging off her, her outfit mismatched and red, a boy with brown hair and a massive bag in almost all the main colors. A brown haired man with his hair up in a long purple coat and black pants was teasingly hitting on Judith-sempai.

A young man with long blond hair and white armor, a young woman with short black hair and small red and black clothes. A young man with short black hair and blue clothes and lavender-pink cloak. A girl with green hair and a white cloak over robes. A dark skinned man with light blue hair and dark blue armor. A tanned woman with flame colored hair and brown and green armor like clothes. A girl with pink hair up in twin arches and pink and green clothes. A bald man with no shirt and a lion's belt over blue pants. A blond man with a hat, red robes, and a lute. A blonde girl with a pink dress and apron over it.

A red haired young man with blue and yellow clothes. A green haired girl in an orange dress over a white one. A young man with dark blue hair in white and blue robes. A purple haired girl in a pink dress with orange-ish skin. A girl with blonde hair who wore a hat nearly as large as her, in pink and orange. A blonde man in dark purple coat and cape.

A blond boy in red and blue, a brunette in a pink dress. A young white haired man in white and black. A red-pink haired young woman with a bronze top and white butt-cloak(1). A black haired young man with a white-bone mask and dark clothes. A magenta haired woman in green, blue, purple and pink-red.

A pretty woman with large cat ears and a wide dress that showed her lower legs at the front and front only. A pale blue haired man in blue-black under a green breastplate and grey pants. A blonde girl in a red and magenta dress. A small boy with red hair and blue clothes. A large man who wore a black cat costume... under armor. A brunette girl in a pink coat and white pants. A green haired young man in a lighter shade of green and grey. A woman with long black hair in a white dress over pale pink pants.

A boy with grey hair in a grey-blue coat and dark blue pants. A girl with pink-red hair in a tan coat over a tube top and red pants. A boy with green hair, hat, and a high collared shirt under a v-necked coat of tan and blue. A black haired man in a long black trench coat. A blue haired girl in a white dress and coat. A lavender haired girl in a shirt and scarf with white and brown pants.

A brown haired boy in a red and black coat and black and brown pants. A girl with long brown hair in a white coat-body piece. A black haired young man in a large coat of grey and green over yellow shirt and tan pants. A white haired woman in a red halter top and green shorts over blue pants under red boots. A blonde girl with a massive hat in a dark pink dress under a white coat. A blue haired and armored man.

A young man with auburn hair in a white coat and pants. A girl with violet hair and strange clothes of pink, white, and lined grey. A blue haired young man in a blue coat. A pink haired young woman in a short lavender skirt, and an orange and white coat. A girl with half white and half red hair in a blue shirt, yellow shorts, black pants and green sleeves. A man with blonde hair, a grey and black coat and blue pants. A blonde man in a fancy black with blue-salmon petal decorated coat over a grey tunic with high black boots.

A sandy blonde haired young man in white armor over black. A young man with light blue hair in a thin tail over loose clothes of a darker blue over tan. A pink haired girl with a white coat and red pants. A blonde girl in robes of white. A silvery-blue haired man with a large brown hat, brown vest, orange shirt and red pants. A small brunette in a red ninja outfit.

"I wasn't aware you knew so many people." Kyouya says to Lloyd-kun. Lloyd-kun blinks away from talking to his friend, his eyes flicking past the people who stood out. And for all it was a Halloween party, they really stood out.

"I don't." Lloyd-kun shrugs. "I only know... twenty or so of them. I asked for Origin to bring in some people... and this happened."

"I see." Kyouya watches as the sandy blond haired young man blinked at Lloyd-kun and his friend, then headed over.

"... Grandpa?" Lloyd-kun, his friend, and Kyouya all blinked as one.

"...What?" Lloyd-kun deadpanned. "Uh... is that an insult?" Lloyd-kun asks, grinning a little.

"No. Without the costume you'd look an awful lot like ... one of my ancestors." The boy continues, shrugging. "I'm from near the Yggdrasill." This knocked the confusion straight out of Lloyd-kun, who grinned and slung the false arm over the boy's shoulders.

"... I think this is when I say let's not talk about it out here?" Lloyd-kun scratches the side of his nose.


(1) Nanaly Fletch. I have no idea how to describe her.