Hunny's Chapter
"He should be right here. I don't remember any other place I could have dropped him."
"Are you searching for this?"
"Usa-chan!"
Monday
Haruhi was flabbergasted. Seven weeks. She'd known these guys for seven weeks now. How did that little fact slip her mind?
Hikaru shrugged. "We thought you knew. The wedding between their two families was huge news when it happened."
Haruhi groaned at his remark. "I'm a commoner, remember? I don't pay attention to that sort of stuff."
"Oh. I didn't think of that."
"Obviously." she said under her breath.
"Haru-chan!" cried out Hunny in glee as he rushed towards her, his stuffed, pink bunny in hand.
"Yes?"
"Takashi and I are going to be in your class tomorrow for a presentation!"
Kaoru nodded in confirmation. "I thought that was coming up soon."
"In my class?"
"Yep. Takashi and I are doing a demonstration."
"Oh, I didn't know that happened here."
"Of course it does." butted in Tamaki as he joined the group. "You younger classmen require positive role models to look up to."
"I hope you're not referring to yourself." Hikaru commented.
"Why you!" And thus the Host Club president began chasing the red headed twins around the Third Music Room.
Hunny discussed the demonstration a little more with Haruhi and then left with Mori, Mori who was his cousin.
I never would have thought. Well, that's what I get for asking why those two are partners.
Tuesday
The instructor cleared his throat. "Today we have two third year teams here. They will be participating in a demonstrative fight for your educational benefit. As duals between teams are allowed on campus, but only while a professor is present, the chairman has suggested the third years display their skill to all of you first years. Think of this as a break from paper work, but also as an incentive to improve your own skills. Procrastinating and giving only half of your full capability in any situation is not why you attend this school. If you think for one second that you can graduate here a full fledged meister or weapon with that sort of attitude I suggest you remove yourself from this class at once."
"Man," whispered Hikaru, "the chairman sure is striking down on us hard."
Haruhi glanced at him. "What do you mean the chairman?"
"You don't honestly believe our professor just woke up this morning with the intention of crashing reality down on us, do you?" Kaoru asked her.
She thought the idea over. Hmm. I guess their right.
The teacher introduced the two teams and then took a seat behind his desk. Then Hunny and Mori entered the classroom, followed by two people Haruhi didn't recognize.
Kaoru, noticing Haruhi's confusion, explained softly, "The hooded figure is meister Umehito Nekozawa. His weapon is the girl beside him. Her name is Reiko Kanazuki. She's a first year like us."
"Students can pair up with others out of their grade?" Haruhi inquired. Both twins nodded. Apparently there's still a lot for me to learn, Mom.
Hunny and Nekozawa stood opposite each other.
"Takashi."
"Hai."
"Transform."
A long, ebony staff appeared in the small boy's outreached hands.
Reiko couldn't help but admire the stance Mitsukuni Haninozuka took. She heard astounding stories about the short meister, and now, she was finally given the chance to spar him.
"Reiko."
The first year weapon nodded and changed into her scythe form.
With both meisters now wielding their weapons, start was called by the teacher, and the two began.
Nekozawa immediately rushed forward with an offensive move, his scythe swinging from side to side in wide, sweeping motions. Hunny leaped into the air a few seconds before Nekozawa's attack was meant to land. Nekozawa spun around, facing the grinning Hunny who had landed behind him.
With a swift flap of Nekozawa's cloak sleeves a thick smoke filled the classroom.
"What is this?" Haruhi asked, trying to hold back a cough.
"It is a type of potion. Nekozawa is the president of the Black Magic Club." Hikaru said, completely unfazed by the mysterious vapor.
"His club brews up different defensive potions and the members use them for missions." Kaoru added.
Hunny froze when the smoke began filling the room. "Takashi," he whispered.
"I can't sense him." replied his cousin.
Nekozawa silently moved amongst the heavy fog. The ability of soul perception allowed him not to lose sight of Hunny, even in this obliqueness. With a slight movement of his mouth, he breathed out, "Reiko, soul resonance."
With that command his weapon partner doubled in height, as did her sharp blade in length.
The meister and weapon pair charged directly towards their target.
"Mitsukuni!"
That warning was just fast enough for Hunny to dodge the oncoming attack. The veil of darkness was finally dissipating.
"Takashi, soul resonance." Mori immediately resonated with his meister, his once staff form morphing into that of an oversized podao.
The two meisters ran at each other. Their weapons becoming locked with one another. However, it wasn't long until the students in the room noticed that Hunny had the upper hand of the two meisters. Both would not budge from their standstill, weapons at each other's throat, but Hunny wasn't being completely idle. Each time Nekozawa became even slightly open, Hunny would send out a blast of his soul wavelength. Of course, it would make more impact if he had direct contact with Nekozawa, but with Reiko still in the picture, it was going to be difficult for Hunny to get closer to the other meister.
"He can project his soul wavelength?" Haruhi was amazed. Who knew he was such a powerful meister?
The twins grinned.
"Hunny is after all," started one brother.
"- the strongest meister at this school." finished the other.
"Seriously?"
He wasn't going to be able to do this much longer. He was going to have take the defensive. Nekozawa released another potion onto his opponent, but not before Hunny sent another wave of his soul force.
"You can hide Umehito, but so can I." Hunny announced to the surrounding darkness.
What followed next only those with soul perception noticed. Of course, with the dual now done, the instructor explained to those who hadn't seen the fight's end.
"Neither student was getting anywhere while stuck in that standstill. Nekozawa chose the defensive to remove himself from Haninozuka's soul wave range. He released another conceal veil, as you are all aware. When doing so, Haninozuka applied Mirror Soul, an advanced move where a meister and weapon's soul wavelengths are copied and then can be controlled by the meister. Haninozuka did exactly that, and Nekozawa fell for the decoy. I must say though it was difficult identifying which was the real one and which wasn't as both were sprinting at a speed I can only describe as that of a cheetah. When Nekozawa struck the copy, Haninozuka assailed him from behind, using his weapon and his soul wavelength ability to finish the dual."
Haruhi was impressed and very overwhelmed. How could she possibly be on a team with him? Hunny and Mori could resonate, and Hunny could release pulses of his own soul wave! I don't even compare.
"Thank you Nekozawa and Kanazuki. Thank you Haninozuka and Morinozuka. I do believe these students have learned quite a lot today. Please inform..."
As the instructor continued speaking with the two teams, Haruhi merely sat in her seat, frozen still with the realization that she had a long ways to go if she wanted to become a great meister.
"Why do you have Usa-chan?"
"I saw you drop it."
"Well, I'm back now."
Thursday
"Hello! My name is Mitsukuni, but you may call me Hunny." smiled the blonde boy.
The girl at his table was new to the club, however he thought he had seen her before...
"My name is Reiko Kanazuki. I am Umehito Nekozawa's weapon partner." she introduced herself.
That's how he knew her!
"Do you want to sit?"
Reiko shyly nodded. Mori stood from his seat and went over near Reiko to pull out the empty chair for her.
"Arigato."
Mori only gave a brief nod in return.
"Why are you here Reiko? Do you want some cake? I have a lot of cake!"
"No. I'm here to... I'm here to speak with you." she said very softly.
"Reiko, you don't have to be shy here. I'm not upset about the dual the other day if that is what you think. We were chosen out of the third years to do it." he reassured her.
He is so...
"Mitsukuni," she began. "May we be friends? Your fighting style is very extraordinary. I've only seen masters of death scythes capable of doing Mirror Soul."
Hunny frowned at the girl dressed all in black. "Reiko, we shouldn't be friends if you only want to get stronger. We should be friends because we want to have fun together. You can't have a true friendship built merely on envy."
He is so...
Reiko was taken aback by the boy's bluntness. "Mitsukuni, I..."
Hunny smiled encouragingly at her.
"Thank you for your time." she speedily stood from the chair and turned away from the table.
"Reiko, wait. Usa-chan wants to say goodbye to you."
She looked over her shoulder to see Hunny holding up a pink, stuffed rabbit.
He is so...
"Goodbye Usa-chan."
"Hey, Reiko," Hunny called out, before the weapon managed to exit the Third Music Room. "Usa-chan wants to see you again!"
And with that said, Reiko left the Host Club, a bright blush gracing her pale face.
...kind.
"Tell me something. Why do you keep him in your bag?"
"I... I have to."
"I don't get it though. You obviously care for him. Why not just carry him?"
"What is with these questions? I have a mission to complete soon. If you don't mind-"
"Wait. Please. My name is Tamaki. I'm a year below you, and I'm thinking about starting a club."
A club at this school?
"What does this have to do with Usa-chan?"
"Nothing. However, I'm wondering if you would like to join the club. You're a strong meister and the club could use a boy Lolita type."
"I'm not following."
"In this club you don't have to keep Usa-chan in your bag all the time. You can be yourself, and everyone deserves that opportunity. No one should have to hide who they are."
...
"Just think it over."
Friday
"Kyoya, where are Hunny and Mori?" Haruhi inquired the weapon.
"They went on a mission. We can't all stop our progress because you and your weapon partners are behind the rest of us."
I was looking for an answer, not a snide remark. However, Haruhi kept her mouth shut. Better not give him another reason to insult you.
"Takashi, this will be our fifty-ninth soul."
"Hai."
The cousins journeyed toward their destination, toward their target.
A terror filled scream lit up the darkening sky.
"Takashi."
Mori transformed into his weapon form, Hunny easily catching him in his firm grip as he did so.
"Lyza Boren!"
The female kishin egg raised her head to peer at the speaker.
"You've chosen to become a kishin and have murdered countless people on your path to do so. That path ends today."
Before the kishin egg could even think of dodging Hunny's attack, the meister charged forward. Hunny smacked the creature's face with his staff, knocking the monster briefly disoriented and just long enough for Hunny to land a direct soul force attack.
Lyza Boren released a horrific and animalistic whimper. Her grip on the hatchet waned and ultimately ceased, as Hunny repeatedly sent jolts of his soul wavelength to her body. Hunny finally removed his hand from the kishin egg's form. He then twirled Mori above his head, finishing the kishin off with a powerful blow to the abdomen.
There in the spot Lyza Boren once stood, floated a crimson soul. The creature's ax also having disappeared once she was defeated.
Mori shifted back into his human physique. The stoic weapon ate the soul in silence as Hunny informed the local authorities of the two deceased bodies not lying too far away from where they had just fought Lyza Boren.
"She wasn't very powerful Usa-chan." Hunny informed his stuffed rabbit when he and Mori returned home that night.
"Mitsukuni, even a weak evil should be destroyed." Mori said sagely.
The short boy nodded in agreement. "Hai, you're correct."
"Takashi."
...
"Should everyone be allowed to be themselves?"
"Hai. Why do you ask?"
"I met someone today. He told me to stop putting Usa-chan in my bag."
"Hmm."
"He said that he's starting a club. If I join I can hold and play with Usa-chan as much as I want."
...
"Takashi, should I join his club?"
"You should follow what your soul tells you is right, Mitsukuni."
"Hai."
...
"I wonder if the club will have snacks..."
...
"Takashi, if I see him again, I'll ask if you can join, too."
Disclaimer. I own no rights to Soul Eater or Ouran High School Host Club.
AN. Happy Holidays! I do believe this may be the longest chapter yet. I hope you all enjoyed, if not then leave me a review with a tip or tips on how to improve this chapter. I will admit now that Hunny and Mori are the hardest characters for me to write about in the Host Club universe. Well, thanks for sticking around this long. I hope the fighting scenes in this were alright for y'all. If y'all are aware on how to make those scenes better then please leave me a review. All your support and helpful critique is welcomed and appreciated. And just in case I don't get the next chapter up before January... -drum roll- Happy New Years! See you all in 2014! -Lem
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