Hi! Its been a while since I updated… well, here's the next chapter!

Disclaimer: If I owned Host Club, I wouldn't be writing this fanfiction… (forgot this the last two chapters…)

Chapter 3

"H-hey Akira? Y-You sure we should do this?" Kimiko stammered, standing next to Akira in front of Music Room 3. No one else was outside but the two of them, mostly because all the girls were inside already.

"Heck yeah! I want first hand experience with this so-called Host Club!" Akira already had a notebook out and open, a huge grin on her face. "Plus, you already know some of the members!"

"I'm not counting my classmates!" Kimiko blushed slightly, remembering what had happened that morning.

Akira hadn't been talking about the twins, but she shrugged. "Anyways, lets go."

"B-but, w-well…"

"Do you know what's on the other side of this door?" Akira asked patiently.

"The Host Club…" Kimiko blushed a lot harder, if that was possible. (AN: She really does blush a lot, doesn't she?)

"And those boys happen to be?"

"Um… well…"

"Hot. Incredibly sexy. Amazingly charming," Akira answered her own question.

"Yeah, but…"

"So, what's the problem?" Akira asked.

"N-nothing! But…"

"So get in there!" Akira grinned as she pushed Kimiko through the doors, watching as she tripped and fell. "You okay?"

"I'm fine you jerk." Kimiko stood and dusted herself off. "Did you really have to push me?"

"Of course!" Akira laughed at Kimiko's face.

"I wouldn't have fallen if it weren't for this stupid uniform," Kimiko muttered. Kimiko grew completely awestruck at the extremities the club went to for the day, while Akira examined the place with a critical eye.

The hosts were dressing as thieves for the day. Every host was dressed in various thief costumes, no doubt designed by the Hitachiins, and were each placed in separate areas of the room, which were decorated to match the costumes.

Many of them were set in old ruins, but were in different areas of the world. Hunny-sempai and Mori seemed to be in a Robin Hood-like forest. Both Tamaki and Kyoya ruled over castle ruins while the twins dwelled in the world of Arabian Nights.

Haruhi, strangely, was still in his uniform, and sat in the ruins of an old burnt up house.

Even more strange, he still had girls surrounding him.

"Hey." Mori's quiet voice broke through all the babble and silenced every one. He was pointing at the two girls at the door.

Kimiko slid behind Akira self-consciously, still feeling a 'hide' reflex from all the stares that morning.

"What's with all the staring?" Kimiko muttered, looking away. All the hosts, except Hikaru, and all the guests were staring at the new arrivals unashamed. Kaoru had a large grin on his face, and after a moment, Hunny-sempai decided to return to his cake, sneaking some of Mori's as well.

Tamaki suddenly appeared before the girls. "What are two nice girls like you doing in a place like this?"

"Hopefully getting entertained," Akira replied. When Tamaki appeared to be hurt, she grinned and stepped to the side, revealing Kimiko. "I don't believe you've met my friend, Kimiko Sato?"

"No, I don't believe I have. Tamaki Suoh, at your service." Tamaki took Kimiko's hands and brought them to his lips. "I'm a thief, and I'm here to steal your heart."

Kimiko blushed, again, and Akira could practically hear the fan-girl squeals coming from the girl. It would be just like Kimiko to fall into a not-so-harmless flirtation with the King… time to stop it.

Akira opened her mouth to talk when an adorable cry rang through the room. "Ki-chan! Aki-chan!" Hunny-sempai finally decided to stop eating his cake and pay attention to them. He ran over now that everyone had stopped staring.

"Mitsukuni-sempai." Kimiko and Akira grinned and bowed at the boy respectfully.

"Call me Hunny-sempai!"

Akira and Kimiko looked at each other. "Um…"

"You hate me, don't you? That's why you won't call me that…" Hunny-sempai whimpered, tears filling his eyes.

Awww… so cute! "Okay Hunny-sempai!" The girls chorused.

The tears promptly disappeared. "Yay!" He cheered. "Come on, let's have some cake!" He started to drag the two over to his area, grinning widely.

I'm thinking we were duped… Both girls thought uneasily, freeing themselves, but followed Hunny-sempai dutifully.

"Can I steal you?" someone murmured in Kimiko's ear, picking her up easily and carrying her off. Kimiko was too stunned to freak out, and Akira was too focused on getting cake and information to realize she was missing.

Kimiko was deposited next to someone else in an Arabian costume. "I've come back from my raid successful!" Kaoru boasted with a grin.

"Great," Hikaru drawled sarcastically, making Kimiko and Kaoru frown.

"A-ha!" Kimiko snapped her fingers triumphantly after a moment. "I know who is who now!" Well, kind of. Even their costumes were identical.

Both twins stared at her, one with curiosity, the other in disbelief, as well as all the girls. "Hikaru's the one who's always a grouch around me!" Kimiko pointed out. "Of course, if both of you were still and quiet…"

"It would be impossible to tell them apart," One of the girls said with a pout. Hikaru and Kaoru instantly went to work teasing her lightly, and started a round of twin-cest.

Kimiko's inner fan-girl started to squeal. Now that she paid attention, she discovered Hikaru had an orange hat and Kaoru had a blue one, so it made the twin-cest better. She decided to stick around and watch for a few minutes, instead of flee now that their attention was off of her.

"There you are! Come on!" Akira laughed, coming up suddenly, pulling Kimiko to their original destination.

"Ki-chan!" Hunny-sempai waved his fork in the air. "Strawberry or chocolate?"

Both girls grinned, taking a better look at their costumes. Hunny-sempai was dressed as Robin Hood, and Mori was dressed as his faithful companion, Little John. Strangely enough, it worked.

"Um… strawberry I guess…" Kimiko sat down with the other girls being entertained, Akira plopping down next to Mori.

"Okay! We need to save a piece for Haru-chan though!"

Kimiko had already taken a bite of the cake already, much to everyone's amusement. "Haru-chan?" she mumbled self-consciously.

"Haruhi Fujioka," Akira explained, not paying much attention. She was too busy watching Tamaki's ill-disguised glances towards Haruhi, a suspicion coming to mind.

"What's wrong Aki-chan?" Hunny-sempai looked at Akira with wide eyes, nearly making her squeal out loud.

"Um… is it just me, or would Tamaki and Haruhi make a good gay couple?" Akira asked.

Kimiko choked on her cake, while everyone else envisioned the coupling. Some girls fainted due to the imagination, while Hunny-sempai laughed with childlike amusement.

"So, Kimiko, how do you and Hunny-sempai know each other?" One of the girls asked.

"Huh?" Kimiko's mouth was full again. She was as much of a sweets glutton as Hunny-sempai, so Akira decided to answer for her.

"Their father's work together to train some very talented government officials in martial arts and espionage," Akira explained. "And then Kimiko introduced Hunny-sempai and me."

They all began talking, bringing in Hunny-sempai's adorable childishness, and Mori's stoic silence.

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From across the room, Kyoya watched the pair closely, making sure not to neglect his guests.

Kimiko seemed to be very average; if it weren't for her parent's influence, he doubted she would ever have made it to her rank in the school. Her time was used more for her own hobbies than her schoolwork, but mysteriously, any record of what she preferred to do were hidden, and she seemed to have no ambition whatsoever.

Akira was much more interesting. Here grades were very good, due to her studying, so she'd probably make the top five in the class at least. It appeared as if she enjoyed manga, the one pastime he could see her sharing with her younger friend. Instead of inheriting her family business in medicine, she chose to become a lawyer, like Haruhi.

However, most of Kyoya's research on the two brought up nothing but trivial knowledge that was of no use to him. Needless to say, it was annoying. One way or another, he'd get the information he needed… and he'd get it soon.

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Time moved very quickly, and the girls started to trickle out until only a few were left, including Akira and Kimiko.

Kaoru gravitated towards the girls. "Hello ladies."

Kimiko blushed, as she was prone to do, nodding her response while Akira waved. "She's not good at talking to boys," Akira explained.

"Hey!" Kimiko glared at her as Kaoru sat next to Kimiko on the couch.

"It's cute," Kaoru said teasingly, causing her to turn away, bright red.

"So…" Kaoru said after a moment. "Why'd you two transfer here?" The two girls didn't answer; because they were too busy giggling over Tamaki chasing Haruhi.

"Oh wait, you're asking us?" Kimiko noticed. "Well…"

"She blew up the science wing," Akira interrupted, blaming her.

"Okay, now wait a minute…"

"She had some help," Akira admitted. "But honestly, how were we supposed to know that heating that mixture of chemicals would cause it to explode?"

"The teacher told us not to do it," Kimiko said. "But saying it that way made us want to heat it up, just to spite her."

"Wait, aren't you a year older Aki-chan?" Hunny-sempai asked. "Why were you in the same class?"

"They had to have joint classes because half our teachers decided that they were on vacation," Akira explained. (AN: Yes, I know this would never happen, but in here, it did!)

"I'm surprised they're letting you two go to the same school again," Kaoru joked. "Aren't they worried you'll blow something else up?"

"Well, I almost got sent to my grandfather, but he was having drama with my cousin," Kimiko replied. "And I was never going to go Roberia; I've had enough of girls schools!"

"I'll bet you wanted to meet the Hosts," Kaoru teased, getting really close to Kimiko.

"W-what?" Kimiko was blushing, and his being so close to her didn't help her think very well. "I-I have to go!" She ran off quickly, barely avoiding hitting the door.

"I'll go after her," Akira laughed. "Good bye!"

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Akira caught up to Kimiko easily, seeing she'd stopped moving a few hallways down. "You okay?"

"Y-yeah…" Kimiko's blush hadn't gone away. "He's just…well… you know!"

"Yeah, I do know." Akira laughed at her friend good-naturedly. "And you're overreacting to his hotness. Relax girl."

"Okay…" Kimiko took a few deep breaths to calm herself and changed the subject. "Did you mean what you said about Tamaki and Haruhi?"

"Good couple? Yep, meant every word! Wanna help me get them together?" Akira could be just as devious as the twins when it came to something like this, so Kimiko wasn't too sure she wanted to get involved.

"I think they're both straight," Kimiko murmured to evade the subject of helping, looking for her bag. It wasn't any where nearby. "Oh no…"

"What?"

"I left my bag in the club room! Akira…" Kimiko looked at Akira desperately, with pleading eyes.

"Can't you get it tomorrow?" Akira asked. "I have your homework written down already." Akira didn't really trust Kimiko to write it down, so she'd found out the assignments already.

"No! My script's in there!" Kimiko wailed. "Akira, my dearest best friend, don't make me go back there alone!"

"Fine," Akira sighed jokingly. "Come on." She led the way back to the room and put an ear to the door, shushing her friend. "Shh! Lets listen for a bit!"

"But…"

"Shh!"

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Inside the room, it was all Club chaos. Hikaru was being much more sociable now, and both he and Kaoru tried to capture Haruhi, who was running away.

"Come on Haruhi, its just a dress!"

"I said no!"

Tamaki appeared out of nowhere to block Haruhi off. "Haruhi, you are a girl, you should wear dresses like that! As your father, I order you to…"

The doors to Music Room 3 opened with a slam, as both girls fell through them in shock. Both groups stared at each other, stunned into momentary silence.

Oh my god…

This chapter was a lot of fun, though I didn't write a lot of the hosting parts… I also noticed that Akira and Kimiko's last names do the same thing as Hunny-sempai's nicknames for them… You just add an 'A' to Kimiko's nickname/last name and you have Akira's… I can't believe I just noticed that now… Oh well! Review please!