Hey 'yall!

Guess what?

I have a plot! Whoo-hoo! I finally got a plot line down for this story. Yeah, I bet you all thought I was all planned out, didn't you? Well I wasn't. It was really a spur of the moment kind of thing. (Shrug) Oh, well…

I'm sooooo sorry! I made a mistake with the point shoes in the last chapter. A very kind reviewer named Rosepetal Dawn (Who is a dancer.) told me that you do not wrap the ribbon up your calf. It's supposed to be wrapped around your ankle bone and no higher. Wrapping it higher can result in broken bones and is a result of improper teaching. You also have to wear a sock-like pouch over your toes. Thank you for informing me. I'll try not to make the same mistake twice. Rosepetal Dawn was very helpful and you should all go thank her for making this story better. You get delicious strawberry shortcake Rose…Mmm. You were even kind enough to put me on your favorites list.

To answer a frequently asked question: No, I do not dance. I did once when I was, like, I dunno, five…six…seven? (Shrug) Around that time. I was little. I find the fact that you guys thought I dance was very flattering. 'Cause that means that the way I write make you feel like I dance and know what it feels like. But I don't. Thanks anyway!

Mariko: You? Dance? Please…don't make me laugh… (Snort)

Mm13: Shuddup! I am your creator. I can kill you off or something. I can make you break your leg or foot or some other body part that's important in dance.

Mariko: That's not fair!

Mm13: Too bad…and I could dance if I tried… (Pout)

Hikaru: With those thighs? Puh-lease…

Mm13: Hey, you stay out of this! I can kill you off too.

Hikaru: No you can't.

Mm13: Yes I can. You're in my world now! (Spooky finger wiggly)

Kaoru: She's right you know…

Hikaru: (Glare) You're supposed to be on my side, traitor.

Kaoru: (Shrug) I'm neutral.

Mariko: Magikme13 does not own any of the Ouran High School Host Club original characters…Unfortunately…I, her OC, do belong to her. (Gags)

Mm13: Why doesn't my OC like me? TT-TT (Cry chibi tears)

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"Wow…" Kaoru breathed, awed by the breathtaking site before him, "It's huge…" He stared up at the ongoing ceiling above him. Sure, he'd been in many, many large and grand houses, buildings and etc. but this Opera house was simply gorgeous. Mariko said it belongs to her school and that they preformed all their shows here. She never told him, though, what school she went to.

The walls had columns running vertically up the sides of the circular room, their tall forms trimmed with gold and maroon paint spinning up the surface and twirling about each other in vine-like symmetry.

Maroon and onyx curtains hung lazily from the ceiling, concealing the roof from view. There must have been a breeze because they seemed to flow gracefully and uncaringly above them, making it all the more beautiful to just stand there and admire it.

The floors were made of a deep mahogany wood and were shined to perfection. Kaoru looked down near his shoes to see a perfect replica of himself looking back at him; a dark hue to its form.

It was furnished with small tables and chairs for waiting attendants and lovers of the arts, covered and lined in red silk. Small appetizers and snacks were placed upon there (shined) surfaces and were just waiting to be tested and commented on.

The most grand out of it all was the Staircase...

Yes, it deserved that capital "S".

It was long and virtually took up one wall of the room. Curved and broad at the bottom, but as it traveled upward it slowly began to narrow. But you could fit at least twenty inhabitants in it at a time still. The banister was a dragon or a snake, or both combined. The twin set of reptiles had ruby stones for eyes that glistened aggressively in the dim light and they truly clashed with the shadowy wood of the long banister. The stairs themselves were covered with a dark firm carpet, the color of blood. Small statues of a naked women made of gold was placed every four stairs; their eyes closed and their bodies each set in a different pose; their lower halves covered sloppily by sheets of sorts.

"And it's only the entrance hall." Kaoru looked to his left to find Haruhi; clad in a dark blue suit and happy smile. She had agreed to dress as a boy when Kaoru had said she was a boy to Mariko by "mistake". "I thought you'd be used to things like this, Kaoru."

"Me too…" Kaoru replied, chuckling. The Opera house was just simply breathtaking and that was that.

Mariko had wanted them there earlier so she could meet Haruhi and chat a bit. That would explain why there were little to no people around, and the ones that were, were just sipping their champagne and wine from passing waiters as they waited in their regal dresses and ironed suits for the show to start.

Kaoru himself was dressed in black slacks and a blue button-up silk shirt, a black jacket covering all but the top of the torso and no tie…because he had forgot it…whoops. Well you would have forgotten it to if you had to sneak out of your freaking HUGE and SQUEAKY mansion after slipping pain killers into your brother's dinner so he'd fall asleep and stay asleep. Not to mention that annoying maid that kept asking "Where are you going?", "Where are you going?" Blah, blah, blah

Yeah, Kaoru still wasn't ready to tell Hikaru about Mariko just yet. He was just scared that's all. Hikaru got very possessive at times and he jumped to conclusions like a rabbit running away from a fox. After he got up the courage, Kaoru would tell Hikaru…or try to. Ugh…

"So who gave you these tickets again?" Haruhi asked as the duo walked up the Staircase, side by side.

"Tatsuna Mariko. She's just a friend who wanted to invite me." Kaoru responded with a shrug.

"Uh-huh, sure." Haruhi said with a roll f her big brown eyes.

"It's true!" Kaoru exclaimed.

"No, no…I believe you, Kaoru." Haruhi laughed, holding her hands up in a defensive manner. "You just seemed very eager, that's all." She laughed again.

Kaoru tried to force his blush back down and said nothing. He reviewed the directions to the backstage in his head where Mariko wanted to meet them, and they soon stumbled upon the large double doors with the words STAFF ONLY engraved on a golden plaque.

"I guess this is it." Kaoru reached for the door knob casually, before it was thrown open from the inside by another individual, causing Haruhi to jump back in surprise and making Kaoru land ungracefully on his butt.

"Stop it Soutai-kun!" A young woman with mussed fiery red hair came dashing out of the STAFF room, giggling like crazy. "Stop it! Someone help me, please!" She laughed. A young man followed out the door after her, his black hair muddled and the frontage of his button shirt undone, showing off his attractive russet colored skin.

"Aw, C'mon Mali-chan…I don't bite—hard." He laughed, nipping at her open neck and ears before wrapping his arms around her. She shrieked and wriggled out of his grasp, running down the hall in her leotard, the boy following after her and groping for her bottom.

"What was—?"

A recognizable tone of voice cut Haruhi off, "Soutai and Mali, you two get your asses back here right now!" They screamed, "We're on in an hour!"

"Don't get your panties in a twist, Tatsuna…" Soutai reappeared from around the turn, Mali draped over one shoulder like a sack of rice, "I caught 'er."

"Soutai-kun put me down!" Mali halfheartedly pounded at his muscled back with her much smaller fists, "Tatsuna, make Soutai-kun put me down!"

"Drop her off in her dressing room Soutai…and no pit stops on the way." Mariko narrowed her eyes in a good-humored manner.

"Yes sir!" Soutai mock saluted Mariko and vanished inside with Mali still fussing.

Mariko chuckled and crossed her arms. She jolted her body around when Haruhi cleared her throat, "Excuse me?"

"I'm sorry, but you're not aloud—"

"Hey Loopy!" Kaoru greeted from the floor.

"W…What are you doing down there, Stinker?" Mariko asked, placing her hands on her leotard clad hips, "And who's this?"

Kaoru raised himself from the floor and dusted himself off of any dirt that might have clung to him, "This," He began after he had finished straightening himself out, "Is Haruhi. Haruhi this is Tatsuna Mariko, the one who provided our tickets."

"Pleasure to meet you." Haruhi politely stuck out his hand for hers.

"I'm sorry…The pleasures all mine." Mariko responded, just as well-mannered as Haruhi. "Oh, Stinker, c'mere…your shirts all messed up." Mariko waved Kaoru over and proceeded to straighten his shirt. "There."

"Arigato…"

"Yo, Tatsuna, you out 'ere?" The threesome turned to find a young woman standing in the doorway to the STAFF room.

"Yeah, just gossiping that's all…" Mariko responded, shrugging. "Come on out and meet 'em."

"M'kay…" The girl stepped forward and closed the door behind her, "Who's that?" She pointed to Haruhi and Kaoru with her pointer and middle finger. The girl was about Mariko's height, with skin the color of coffee that hadn't been tampered with in any way, making her green eyes stand out from the rest of her, though partially hidden behind braided dessert sand hair.

"This is Haruhi and Kaoru." Mariko pointed to each of them as she spoke. "They're friends of mine."

Kaoru inwardly beamed at being considered Mariko's friend.

"Nice to meet you two, but you wouldn't mind if I stole Ko-chan away would you?" The girl smiled, grabbing Mariko's arm.

"Not at all Miss…?"

"Kami."

"Lord?" Haruhi asked.

"Uh-huh and proud of it Squirt," Kami grinned like a fox when she saw Haruhi go red in the face at the nickname, out of anger or embarrassment she did not know, but it was cute... In that taunt your little brother kind of way. "C'mon Ko-chan, before Soutai and Mali get any more 'ideas'."

"Oh, fine…" Mariko huffed, "You guys want to come with? You've got at least forty-five minutes to kill before we go on…" She waited for their answer.

"Kaoru…?" Haruhi looked up to her companion, who nodded and stepped to the fore.

"Lead the way." He ordered.

Mariko rolled her eyes and Kami rushed inside, a muffled, "Make yourselves presentable!" was heard through the fluctuation door. Mariko shook her head and opened the entry for the two "boys", "After you."

Haruhi nodded and stepped through, followed closely behind by Kaoru and Mariko.

Haruhi and Kaoru gaped in awe as their eyes feasted upon the sight laid before them. The only way to compare it was to a three ring circus.

Ring One: Dozens of able-bodied dancers and what not were all stretching to a buoyant song. One scarlet headed male was holding his muscled leg up to the side of his stony face, concentrating entirely on loosening his tense body and letting all stress free of his system. A small girl next to him with large round blue eyes was bending backward and once her palms touch the ground she began crawling under herself. She smiled happily as she casually looked at the still awe-struck faces of the host members seemingly delighted that she could entertain someone with such ease and so, she waved as she laid under her own legs. Haruhi waved back numbly as they continued to follow Mariko to…where ever it was she was taking them. They passed another young man who had gone into a vertical split without any protest at all from his lean body. Kaoru winced at the sight as the boy's feet slid him back into a standing position and sighed, bored with himself. Haruhi laughed at Kaoru's amazed face at how the dancer could just move like that and not harm his main male anatomy or care that he didn't ham it.

"This is the stretching section," Mariko explained, waving at it haphazardly and not bothering to give it a second glance, even as the three passed two girls who had linked arms at the elbow and were now doing reverse flips over one another's back, one of the flippers being Kami. Kami waved to Mariko, who waved back and then went back to giving her tour.

Ring Two: Each face of each dancer had been painted and made up to look as dazzling as possible. Some looked like China dolls shipped all the way from Hong Kong just for this occasion, their lips a bright cherry red color and their faces white as doves, making the pink blush dusted upon their cheeks and the dark eye liner stand out like roses among thorns. Some had Animal ears placed upon their heads, the strings holding them in place buried beneath their hair. Their faces were colored the same shade of "fur" their ears were. For example, a tall blond girl had her face dusted a light tan to promote her squirrel ears and daintily painted whiskers.

The persons applying said make-up was a set of two boys, a line in front of each of them containing either people still left without make-up or those needed a quick touch up.

One raven haired boy was painting a beautiful and life-like rose vine traveling up a seated ladies face, growing from the base of her neck to the flat of her brow, smiling as he did so. The design was so intriguing that Haruhi had to stop and lean forward to get a closer look.

"This is the make-up station," Mariko placed a hand upon one of the make-up-man's shoulders and he looked up, "Don't lay it on too, too thick, okay Rai?"

"Alright," Rai responded, going back his work, Mariko proceeding with the unintentional tour.

Ring Three: …was a little out of order…

"C'mon!"

"What the Hell!?"

"I'm freezing!"

"Where's my dress?"

"Where're my pants?"

"Dude…this is so not cool!"

"What's going on?" Mariko asked one of the many people waiting in line for something and screaming out complaints.

"I don't know," The guy retorted sourly, "All I know is that this line isn't going anywhere, anytime soon. And we all need our costumes! Show starts in forty five minutes!"

"I'll go see what's up," Mariko reassured, sifting through the many bodies, Kaoru and Haruhi following behind closely. "'Scuse me…Sorry…Whoops, my bad." Mariko finally had cleared the path enough to reach the source of the problem. "Karini!"

The young women addressed was seated in a collapsible metal chair behind a small counter, her short cropped red-brown hair pulled over one shoulder and her deep green eyes frantically scanning over the pages of a thick book through a pair of thick round sea foam glasses. She was completely oblivious to the ever growing line before her booth and continued reading, gasping softly at parts that left her craving more, "No George!" she cried, shaking the book, "Don't die on me! Fred needs you! George!"

"Karini!" Mariko called over the counter, trying to vocalize over the other angered teens and young adult dancers, but it seemed as if Karini wasn't coming out of orbit anytime soon as she turned the page to her novel.

"Karini! Hello? Earth to Karini; come in Karini!" Mariko sighed when she still received no response and waved Kaoru and Haruhi around back to a small gate leading into the costume booth. They walked up to the brunette's side and Mariko tapped her. "Karini?" Nothing. "That's it!" Mariko tore the book from Karini's pale hands and snapped it shut.

"Hey!" Karini screeched, "What the heck? I was reading that!"

"I can see that," Mariko gestured to the line.

"…Oh," Karini blushed in realization, "B-But, I was at the part where George gets his ear blown off!"

"Gets his ear blown off?" Haruhi asked in shock, "What book could you possibly be reading?"

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows!" Karini exclaimed with new found enthusiasm, "Written by J.K. Rowling! Oh Em Gee! It's amazing!"

"But I thought you said Fred and George…not Harry Potter…" Kaoru ventured, earning him a dirty look from Mariko.

"Yeah they're my favorite characters out of all seven books of the series!" Karini explained, "They're a duo of trouble making twins that follow their own rules and Ko-chan stole the book when I was at the part when George gets his ear blown off and Fred gets all worried!"

"Wow…" Haruhi breathed and turned to Kaoru, "That's sound a lot like you and Hik—"

Kaoru panicked and wrapped his arms around Haruhi's head, muffling her words and inserted his own question, "What's it about?"

Mariko rolled her eyes and walked to the counter top and spoke to a boy with deer antlers that said he needed his tail. She nodded and told him to wait a minute. She found his tail and handed it to him and then started to help the next person. Then the next person and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next. She basically took over Karini's job as she told Kaoru and Haruhi all about Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and how a boy named Harry Potter was the only one to survive a certain spell that's supposed to kill you instantly and how he went to the school when he blah, blah, blah, blah… (She said she had read each book eight times over.) Haruhi seemed captivated enough but Kaoru drifted off after a while.

"Thank you," the last person said to Mariko as she handed them their feathery outfit.

"…And that's how the fifth book ends." Karini and Haruhi had sat down and engaged deep into the conversation of Harry Potter.

"Wow…" Haruhi paused, "Is there a Sixth?"

"Oh, Em, Gee, YES! I love the Sixth! Okay, so…'

"Hey, Stinker," Kaoru turned to Mariko, "Show starts in ten. You and Haruhi better get to your seats." Kaoru nodded and stood.

"But your not dressed yet," It was true, Mariko had her costume in a bag slung over her arm.

"That's okay I don't go on until the third scene. I've got time to get dressed and apply make-up," She smiled, "You however, do not. Go!"

Haruhi said goodbye to Karini who looked very heart broken to have to stop her rant, but she waved back and they left.

Minutes later they were seated and the lights dimmed, the deep red curtain lifting gracefully and dancers sliding onto the stage while the audience fell silent. Mariko was not among them, But that's okay, Kaoru thought, leaning back in his seat ever so slightly, I get the whole night with her…

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WHOO! Done!

Sorry for the super loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong wait, but with moving to a new school and meeting new people and homework and shopping and YOUTUBE and Harry Potter re-reading (Karini s based off of me w/ my Harry Potter friends, Yes I have manga/ anime friends + Book friends) and reading FanFic and a bunch of other junk and stuff I just couldn't update! GOMENASAI (I apologize)! And I'm going to be digging myself a deeper hole 'cuz I wanna start another story for Naruto….I'm hopeless. LOL.

OH and I got my BRAND NEW iPod nano video stolen at the mall. It along with my cell phone and Algebraic calculator that was $120 and my fav key-chain! AND my sushi erasers! It was horrible! It was sitting right NEXT to me on the food court bench! There were only like NINE people in this mall too (It was closing and I wanted some discounts)! It so pisses me off and it put me into a real writer's slump! sigh

Any who, thank y'all for sticking with me throughout this story and remember….LEAVE A REVIEW!