Dear readers... This story is a bit... Odd to say the least. It's REALLY random and does NOT fit in with the other stories BUT it is the longest and you don't have to read it all~! One last thing, I promise to have a new chapter up soon!
Episode 11: Old Flames Re-Ignited!
It was that time of year again! Fall break. The host club was having their last meeting for the year, meaning Tamaki somehow convinced the others to come one more time before the last day. Haruhi was anxious for a while during the club meeting shaking her leg, tapping her fingers, and looking at the clock every few minutes. At first the only person that noticed was Kyoya, then it was Mori, then the twins, then Honey, and eventually Tamaki stopped talking because no one was listening to him. He looked at all of them annoyed but turned to see what was distracting them to see a cute Haruhi staring out the window, looking for something or someone. Tamaki rolled his eyes before walking over to Haruhi, trying to act serious like, and tapped her on the shoulder.
He cleared his throat before he spoke. "Haruhi. Am I bothering you? Because I'm trying to hold a meeting here."
"Oh. Sorry senpai... It's just... Never mind. I'm sorry." Haruhi looked down, a look of complete despair around her.
Tamaki almost threw himself out the window for making Haruhi so sad but was stopped by Mori. He ended up just crawling into a corner, head in his knees, arms wrapped around his legs. Kyoya just patted him on the shoulder. The twins walked over to Haruhi before each leaned on the wall beside her, Kaoru on her left and Hikaru on her right.
"Haruhi, what's wrong?" Hikaru asked, a lot of concern in his voice.
"You've been like this for a couple of days now." Kaoru added, not as concerned but still concerned.
"It's just that... Well I haven't heard from Grimm or Iggy in a while. It's not so weird from Grimm but Iggy is just odd since she calls me every night (even though we live next door to one another). I checked in on them a couple days ago but no one was there. I assumed it was bad timing but I've gone back every day for four days just trying to catch them but I always seem to miss them. It's like they just up and disappeared... It's so weird." Haruhi looked up at Hikaru who blushed at the sight of her really concerned look.
"I bet they're fine. They might just have gone out of town~!" Kaoru said trying to cheer her up.
"They normally would tell me though..."
"Kyoya... Any ideas?" Hikaru asked looking over his shoulder.
"Actually no. Come to think about it their school started fall break a few days ago. I haven't heard from either of them since about a day and five hours before that." Kyoya looked down at a chart he had in his hand.
"We should go investigate!" Tamaki said bursting out of his corner.
"Hn." Mori looked down at Honey who wasn't paying attention at all, wondering if he should tell him or not. He decided to let him ask when it came up.
So once everyone was ready they all headed over to Haruhi's apartment complex. They spent about an hour, them being Tamaki, Honey and the bored twins, looking around the girls' door. Tamaki kept asking Haruhi for the spare key she had so they could look inside but she always told him no. After about the first 10-15 minutes of just standing there Kyoya, Mori and Haruhi went into her apartment for a cup of tea. As they were walking in Honey spotted a piece of paper on the side of Haruhi's fridge. It was a note and addressed to Haruhi. He handed it to her before she read the side note out loud.
"Dear Haruhi! I believe our neighbors left this note for you. I'm usually sleeping when you get home or vice-versa or else I would have told you about it myself. Anyway, if you're with the host club by some chance when you're reading this then don't read it out loud or "Iggy will kill you." LOVE Your Daddy, Ranka 3"
She looked up at her senpais who were staring at her, expecting her to read the note aloud. She laughed nervously before shoving it into her pocket. She thanked everyone for coming before pushing them out the door. Tamaki was disappointed that Haruhi kicked them out so early but everyone else was curious as to what the note said. They were mostly just surprised that Kyoya didn't know since he usually knew everything! They eventually left a few minutes later and Haruhi was just happy to be alone. She pulled the note out before reading it to herself.
"DEAR HARUHI! Iggy and Grimm here! We were offered a fall job at our aunt's hotel thing and were excited to get to work ASAP! We will be gone for most of the fall and cannot wait to see you soon! We left some tickets on JP's desk so you can come visit us for a week for free or work if you need it~! However you are not allowed to tell ANY of the host club members because we don't want them bugging us. It was hard enough to sneak you this note and "disappear off the face of the planet" as it is. So if you do tell them I will KILL YOU! Don't worry too much about us either because we've had this job before. Last fall in fact... Wait now I'm kind of rambling! Sorry. Have a great fall and see you in a few weeks, if not sooner! YOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUURS TRULY, Iggmister! And da Grimm~! 333 P.s. Grimm here. Burn this after you're done... I don't trust those rich kids."
Haruhi smiled at this before lighting the note on fire and letting it burn like she was told. She snuck into the girls' room to find two tickets on JP's desk like Iggy said. She waited until her dad got home to ask if he would secretly go with her. He decided to take a break and go for the fun of it. So they told the others that they would be going on vacation before leaving. Kyoya was out of town by then with some business partners so he couldn't really track them at the moment. The twins were getting ready for their own trip so they didn't really care. Honey and Mori were happy for her and wished her a safe trip. Tamaki started whining and being annoying but he eventually let her go. It was a good trip for Haruhi so far.
One week ago! School had just ended for the two young girls and they were excited for fall break. Iggy already had plans to go back to their aunt's hotel. JP had a lot of fall reading to do but needed money to buy the books so she asked to go with her and Iggy obviously said yes. They packed their stuff and got ready to leave when Iggy realized she still had two extra tickets. She sat down at JP's desk and started writing a note. At first Grimm was curious but as soon as she saw Haruhi and kill she looked away and started packing. Iggy finished her note before sneaking out, looking in all sorts of directions and slipping the note under Haruhi's door. Iggy left the two tickets on JP's desk before helping Grimm pack. Grimm told Iggy about Kyoya's little "spies" and told her she didn't want the boys disturbing their peace. Iggy said "no problemo!" before placing their stuff by the door and waiting till night time. When night came Iggy left first with only a small grocery bag in her left hand and a walk-y talkie in the other. She clipped the walk-y talkie to her pants before taking a small magazine out of the bag. She found the spies and smiled evilly to herself. She pulled out a fishing poll, a toy one with a lot of string, out of the bag before attaching the magazine to it. Iggy then casted out the magazine to land right in front of the guys. One of them, the taller one, saw it and nudged his partner. They took a closer look and saw that it was a playboy. They both blushed and looked at it, it was the newest addition not even on shelves yet (don't ask how Iggy got it). They lunged for it and to their surprise it shot back a few feet. They went for it again. It kept going. Eventually they were running after it. After about 45 seconds they face plant really hard into a cement wall, knocking them both out COLD! Iggy jumped off the wall and smiled successfully to herself. She called JP down with the walk-y talkie and they had their stuff in a cab and out of town within the hour.
Grimm wasn't sure how Iggy did it but they got out of town without a single person noticing. They arrived the around six in the morning the next day just to be greeted by a big breasted woman wearing a French maids outfit. Iggy thought it was SO CUTE and asked if they had one in JP's size. Grimm just walked away. Only a few feet later and she was greeted by a different big breasted woman who embraced her in a hug, suffocating JP with her boobs. Iggy looked over and made some weird high pitched squeal followed by an, "AUNTIE!" Their auntie was wearing a baby pink short dress, hot pink stockings, and black baby dolls. If she wasn't so skinny it might have looked weird but either way it was a bit odd.
When she finally let Grimm go to hug Iggy really quick JP took five steps back so she wouldn't do that again. "I was so worried you weren't coming but then I got Iggy's letter, and don't worry I burned it like you told me, and I was sooooo happy. I have your room set up, and sorry you will be sharing a room to save room for guests, and your luggage is being taken up there right now. There is a big closet and drawers, a television to in case you have free time which you have Sundays and Mondays off, also you will eat with me and the guests during breakfast and dinner, I don't care what you do for lunch as long as you clean up after yourselves. I'm so happy you to are here! We are going to have so much fun, you are also working for minimum wage since I am giving you the room for free, I hope that's ok, what am I saying of course it's ok, you did this last year too and you were so much fun. Come to think of it I didn't give you a promotion last year did I, well I will give you one this year. We must catch up soon but for now I must tend to the guests. It's Monday today so relax for now and get a good night's sleep so you will be ready in the morning tomorrow to help out at exactly seven so get ready and cleaned up before that please and Iggy help your sister keep the room clean this year please. Oh yes I am coming! I will talk to you some more at dinner, see you then." Note now that Grimm's and Iggy's aunt loves to talk and rambles on about close to nothing most of the time but it's fun to be around her so they don't mind that much.
A young boy, maybe a few years older than the girls with light brown skin, showed them to their room. Iggy kept staring at him, feeling like she knew him but couldn't figure out who it was. Grimm finally nudged her to get her to stop. The boy didn't notice and just smiled before leaving them to their room. They both ran to the bed before jumping and taking the really well deserved nap. It was about one in the afternoon when another boy brought up a tray of food for them. He saw the girls sleeping so he quietly placed it on a table before leaving them to sleep. He smiled cutely, his snake bites showing, before closing the door. Iggy woke up to the smell of food first. She was closest to the wall so she kind of rolled over JP, not even trying to not wake up her sister, before falling to the floor. Grimm woke up to the loud sound of someone falling off the bed. She looked down to see Iggy, face on the floor and butt in the air, only a foot from the bed. She was about to ask if Iggy was ok until Iggy started doing some weird caterpillar move towards the table. Grimm finally smelt some food and got up to join her sister. It was one thirty when they got up and around two ten when they finished lunch. They got bored just sitting there so they decided to explore the grounds. They heard their aunt had invested in three new buildings. One was a huge dining hall. The second one was a gym type area with a pool, weights, and what not. The third building was huge and had over ten thousand new rooms.
Iggy went to take the tray back to the kitchen while Grimm waited in the courtyard. It was there that Grimm saw a young boy, kind of white, with brown hair tending to the flowers. A few feet away Grimm saw a bag with phography kinds of stuff and two books. One was called "Lord of the Rings" while the other was "Learning About Your Horse." Grimm liked both these books and assumed they were the boy's. She also had the strange feeling that she had seen them from somewhere. Iggy returned only a few moments later and they headed for the dining room first. It was huge and frilly and kind of annoying. They saw people cleaning up so they moved on. Next was the huge new building with all the new rooms. It wasn't a hundred percent done but very close to it. The girls were getting even more bored then when they got there so they checked out the gym. It had everything. A pool, basketball and tenis courts, a weight room, excercise room, yoga room, and more. It was mostly a simple blue and green. It was nice.
Iggy wanted to go swimming and JP had some fall reading to do so they went back to the room to change and pick some things up. Lucky them there was only a few other people in the pool area. Iggy jumped in even though there was a sign that said no running or jumping in the pool. She justified herself by saying since there was an "or" there she had a choice. JP smiled at her sister who said something at least kind of smart. JP was reading, something really big looking and boring so Iggy didn't care much. Iggy swam for a long time up until she bumped into someone towards the deep end. She turned around to be greeted by the tan boy from earlier. Iggy blushed and apologized profusely. The boy just smiled and winked before swimming towards his friends. Iggy stared at him trying to figure out who he was. Eventually she gave up and swam back to Grimm. Iggy took this time to relax, talk to Grimm, and drink some weird drink her aunt had sent out to them. It tasted alright. Before either girl realized it there was an anouncement saying that dinner would be served in twenty minutes. JP realized no one else was in the gym with them. They rushed to their room and got ready before rushing to the dining hall. They weren't late but they weren't on time either.
Their aunt jumped out of her seat before pulling both girls to her table. The four boys they saw from earlier were all there. Like a lightbulb lighting up Iggy realized who they were and almost fell out of her chair. JP took her to the bathroom real quick, scared her unni was sick. Iggy told her...
Haruhi had just arrived, barely taking a step off the bus, before she was surrounded by girls in french maid costumes and men in butler uniforms. Automatically Haruhi knew the girls' aunt was weird. She walked away quickly when she heard Ranka asking one of the maids if they had one in Haruhi's size. (Deja vu). She was really surprised to see how clean and frilly the hotel was. reminded her of her dad's friend, Mei's father. The aunt saw Haruhi and knew immedialely who she was. She ran to her and embraced her in a big hug.
"OH MY! You must be Haruhi, i am Iggys and Grimm's aunt, Daleun, just call me auntie or aunt or whatever you are more comfortable calling me. You must be here to work, we are short on staff, Iggy said you might come only for the fall job or relax since you don't really get to do either, which only lasts a few weeks, sorry, but it's fun and easy and you meet a lot of poeple. If you aren't here to work i will be really sad since one of my chefs just quit and i need someone to help Grimm in the kitchen since the others are lazy and they say you're a good cook and...Wait. You didn't bring any of those "rich" bois with you did you?"
Haruhi shook her head and smiled. She agreed to work, wanting to relax but after hearing a few perks, like food, shelter and the gym, were free she agreed immediately. She was shown to her room were she quickly unpacked and got on the uniform, a white shirt with black pants (red on fridays and holidays). She met the aunt outside the dining room a few minutes later. Daleun showed Haruhi around really quick before showing her to the kitchen. There she saw Grimm giving orders and tasting some of the food. Everytime a certain boy with snake bites came near her she would soften her voice and be a little shy, it seemed like, around him. Haruhi was a little curious but knew she would get answers soon from Iggy. Thinking about Iggy, Haruhi realized she was no where to be found. She was about to ask Daleun about her but when she turned around she was gone. Haruhi shrugged it off and went to say hi to Grimm who had her working on soup the second she even lifted her arm. Lunch was done and ready to go and the chefs were all relaxing by the time Iggy walked in. JP walked over to her and began scolding her about punctuality.
"I was helping Auntie out with the guests. I am room service~! With the extra rooms almost done she needs someone at the front desk to take reservations! So blame Auntie!" With a quick smile Iggy patted Grimm's cheek before walking away. JP rolled her eyes before begining to clean up the kitchen, the others helping her. Once everyone was finished Iggy got up onto the stage and checked the mic. When it was working and she had everyone's attention she bowed and introduced herself. "Hello! My name is Iggy and I am Daleum's neice. Two weeks from now we will be having a masquerade in honor of our first royal guest, the prince of some country I can't pronounce so i'm not even going to try! Yay! Anyways... If you would like to stay or come back just for that purpose you may make the arrangements with me at the front desk but please do it ASAP~! Thank you for your time and have an amazing evening!" She bowed again before turning off the mic and walking off stage. There was a lot of talking in the dining room, which made Auntie happy. JP was annoyed because her kitchen wasn't big enough to hold a grand feast and she knew they would probably need to hire an extra ten or so chef's to help cook for the new ten thousand guests... It was going to be a disaster but not even JP knew how much things were going to turn around.
As they all sat at the table, Iggy and JP returning from the bathroom, they sat in an awkward silence. Iggy stared outside the window. It looked like it might rain. JP read a book she had brought with her. She had started it only an hour before lunch and was now on the last chapter (it was a book about basically nothing... 2500 pages long). Their aunt took small bites and chewed them slowly. The four boys whispered incredibly quietly to one another. Iggy saw a cat sitting outside as it started to rain. She got up really quickly before opening the window and picking up the small kitten. She brought it back to the table and, JP sensing an animal at the table, both girls began drowning it with all their attention. The four boys blushed at the sight of these girls acting cute over such a small animal, especially Iggy who loved cats more than anything.
After their awkward meal JP went to take a nap with the kitten, whom they have named Mr. Choco Cat even though he is actually white and light brown. Joey, who just happened to be walking around, spotted JP under a tree with the sun seeping through the branches. He smiled to himself before whispering, "Cute kitten..." but it wasn't Mr. Choco Cat he was talking about.
Rico was just walking around minding his own buisness when he saw Iggy staring very intently at her hand. He came closer and saw that she had a sketch pad in her lap and was drawing different forms of the hand. He didn't seem to catch her attention just yet so he backed away slowly, not wanting to bother her in her drawing mode.
TJ and Demi were playing soccer when TJ kicked it to hard and it flew into a tree. Demi heard someone say ow before both the ball and a person fell out of the tree. Both Demi and TJ ran to see if that person was ok and saw that JP was kneeling beside an upside down Iggy. They were about to ask if she was ok when Iggy jumped up and climbed the tree again. They thought she was either stupid or crazy until they saw the small kitten on a high tree branch, now slipping. Iggy was able to get the kitten and hand him down carefully to JP before jumping down. The boys made sure they were ok before going back to their game. Angry at them, still, Iggy picked up their ball, which they carelessly left behind, and threw it at them. It hit TJ in the head who fell and pulled Demi down with him. Iggy laughed and both girls ran away.
Just like old times...
Haruhi saw that JP was close to the boy Auntie Daleun had introduced as Joey. They seemed like they might have, at one point in time, been more than friends. She saw the same in Iggy and Rico. Though it also seemed that Iggy hated Joey because she ignored him everytime he talked to her. It was quite funny especially when Iggy treated Demi like a little kid, though it was obvious he was older than her. The days went by and everything seemed to be going perfectly fine. Then one day...
It was about three days before the party when three very handsome boys walked in. They requested their key before going up to one of the five only royal suites. Their room was huge. It had four bedrooms, two of them had two beds and the others had only one. Two of the boys chose a room to share, one bed. The older boy chose one furthest from the door and closest to the computer that was sent over. They all smiled to themselves before going downstairs to join the rest of the guests for lunch.
Iggy was talking to a boy who was leaning on a broom in a very skilled way while JP discussed a book with another. Haruhi was setting up a buffet table when the Hitachiin twins walked in with Kyoya. Hikaru automatically ran to Haruhi and started to help. She looked up at him and all the color drained from her face. Kaoru felt a flush of heat rise to his cheeks when he saw Iggy laughing at the boy's jokes. Kyoya ignored the boy JP was talking to when he stepped infront of her and tried to talk to her. Kaoru thought it was rude but smart until JP got up and walked away not looking at either boy. As soon as Iggy saw Kaoru she screamed his name before running to him. He was happy she had noticed him but was startled when JP said in a very mean tone, "Iggy! Come here!"
Iggy glanced at her sister before turning back to face Kaoru and saying in a very cold tone, "You should just leave now." She then turned and walked away. All the boys were in shock but a small smirk crawled across the tan boy's face. Kaoru saw this and the heat increased. He knew this feeling though. Anger.
The night before~! Iggy ran up the stairs, almost running into ten different people. JP had Mr. Choco Cat in her lap, reading, when Iggy burst through the door, breathing heavily. She had run up seven flights of stairs and went for water automatically. She had scared the poor kitten who ran under the bed and JP who had dropped her book. She was staring at Iggy, waiting for her to catch her breath before asking any questions. "Iggy? What's wr-?"
"They're coming! I don't know how or when but they're coming! What should we do? We should leave, but not before they get here, and we should kill them for even coming here, also bury them in the backyard! Let's pack!" Iggy had cut off JP so fast and was pacing and talking random stuff that Grimm just wanted to slap her to make her shut up and tell her what the hell she was talking about.
"OI! What're you even blabbering about? Who's coming and why are we leaving?" JP looked at Iggy and without even a word or name having been exchanged JP shook her head, understanding her sister's sudden panic. "No... It's not possible! How?! When?"
"I just got a reservation... Under Kyoya Ohtori about fifteen minutes ago. I think Ranka told them about it! That jerk... We get into one fight and he goes and tells those damn rich kids what we fought so hard to hide!"
"Wait... What the hell were you fighting with Ranka about?"
"Who was cuter..."
"Come again?" JP looked at Iggy like she was stupid, cause she was.
"We were fighting to say who was cute... You or Haruhi. Obviously i thought you were cuter but he thought Haruhi was. Eventually i threw a racoon at him and walked away..."
"You threw a WHAT?" Just then a soft knock came to their door and both girls stared at it, scared of who might be on the other side.
"Wh- who is it?" Iggy slowly said as she sluggishly made her way to the door.
"It's Haruhi... Iggy can we talk? Why did you throw a racoon at my dad?" Haruhi was playing with a small hairpin that Tamaki had bought her from the zoo when Iggy threw open the door and yanked Haruhi in.
"YOUR DAD IS DEAD!" Both Iggy and Grimm yelled at Haruhi.
"Wait... What? Why?" Haruhi felt like she had shrunk twice her normal size when standing infront of an angry pair of sisters.
"He told Kyoya where we were! Now they're coming here!" Grimm felt a headache coming on so she went and sat down. Mr. Choco Cat jumped into her lap before crawling into a ball and falling asleep.
"Why would he...? I'm going to KILL HIM!" Haruhi was almost to the door when Iggy yanked her back. She sat Haruhi down in the seat next to JP before sighing.
"I have a plan. But you will have to keep up with it as long as we can... And remind me because i always get caught up in the moment... We shall SHUN them! If they try to talk to us we will ignore them or tell them to get lost... Got it?" JP and Haruhi nodded. "Good. Now lets go eat. I'm starving. Was thinking Ranka soup... How about you?" The three girls laughed but what they didn't realize was that Iggy was serious.
It was the day before the party when Daleun burst through the girls' door. Iggy was taking a nap on the bed with the curtains closed, Mr. Choco Cat was sleeping next to her. JP was taking a shower when she heard someone come in. Haruhi was in their room sewing one of Iggy's shirts after she fell out of a tree and the back ripped. The aunt just stood there, obviously wanting to say something but couldn't because no one was paying any attention to her. As soon as JP walked out of the bathroom Daleun raced to her side and grabbed her shoulders, a huge smile on her face.
"What's wrong auntie? You're scaring me..." JP tried to take a step back but realized that if she tried to excape her towel would fall off.
"I have decided! You Iggy and Haruhi won't be helping at the party!"
"WHAT!?" Iggy sat up so fast that the blanket made the kitten roll. Iggy caught him before he fell off the bed though. "That was suppose to be our best pay! Why?"
"You will be attending the party... As hostesses~! For the same pay so don't worry!"
"Shouldn't it be more pay?" Haruhi finally looked up from her sewing.
"No. Because i will be paying not only for your dresses but for your hair, make-up, and shoes. I should be charging you... But i haven't got to dress up such slim, small boobalaged girls in a while so it's sort of my pleasure~!"
"Your pleasure?" Iggy stared at her aunt with a look of annoyance. Her aunt just smiled and nodded. "Then... GET OUT!" Iggy started throwing pillows at her aunt and her aunt ran out the door. JP and Haruhi smiled to themselves as Iggy laid back down with the kitten to continue her nap. After Iggy had her one hour nap she got up, took a shower, and went to go see her aunt, as requested by one of the servants. Iggy had was wearing a white, long sleeved shirt that had four buttons and was frilly at the bottom and on the cuffs. She also had a white skirt that was a little shorter than knee length and some white flats. Her hair was down but she had a matching white headband on her head with a red rose on the right side of the headband. At first Iggy was annoyed that her aunt would make her dress up for something random like this but decided that she might get a free outfit for JP out of this.
Upon arriving Iggy saw her aunt sitting at a small table with an orange haired boy, drinking tea. At first Iggy was being stupid and didn't realize who the boy was until he turned around. As soon as he did all the color drained from Iggy's face. "Hello, Ms. Iggy. Care to join us for tea?" Kaoru smiled at Iggy, devilishly.
"What's going on? I thought you wanted to talk to me about something?" Iggy took a seat next to het aunt.
"I did. But it includes Kaoru, the little cutie~, so he's here too!" Kaoru blushed at how cute Iggy looked in all white. The aunt smiled at him and Iggy didn't notice. "Today you will be going into town to pick out a dress and some matching shoes for the party tomorrow. I will be sending JP out later... Infact she will be here in an hour so you two need to head out soon!"
"Wait... I still don't understand... Why is Kaoru here?" Iggy looked over at the cute boy. She finally realized he was in a cute black, long sleeved shirt and black dress pants. They looked really nice on him.
"A lady should never go out shopping by herself. I am here to be your escourt." The idea semed to make him more happy then it did Iggy.
"I see... Fine. But just know now you old hag that i will get you back for this." Iggy gave a quick look at her aunt just in time to see the color drain. A quick victory smiled sneaked it's way across her face. Iggy got up quickly and headed for the door. Kaoru was up and at the door in time to open for her. They left the hotel grounds as quickly as Iggy's feet would let her, Kaoru trying to keep up behind her.
Iggy had left soon after she had woke up leaving Haruhi and JP alone. JP was worried about what auntie had said to her because Iggy had not returned yet and she was to meet auntie in a few minutes. Haruhi was watching JP stare out the window, double worried because she was to meet auntie after her. What is that old hag up to?
JP eventually got up from her seat to go meet Auntie but paused at the door to turn around to say, "If I don't come back in an hour... be careful. Be on your gaurd when you go to meet Auntie ok?" Haruhi nodded and JP left.
Halfway down the stairs a maid took hold of JP's arm and pulled her into a room. At first JP struggled but then the maid gave her a note from Iggy that said, "Auntie wants you to look nice during your meeting with her so please put this on. I much appreciate it. ~Iggy" At that instant JP knew something was wrong because Iggy usually bribed JP to put on an outfit. She looked at the maid suspiciously before just giving up and putting the out fit on.
As JP walked in to Daleun's office Kyoya and Daleun stood up and bowed. As soon as Kyoya saw JP he felt his face get red. She was wearing a black dress that came down just above the knees with a bow around the waist, tying in the front, as well as some black half inched boots that came just below the knees. Her hair was braided in one big braid with a cute little red bow tying it at the bottom. When JP saw Kyoya she thought it was a bit out of character. He was wearing a long sleeved white dress shirt with jeans and sneakers. Daleun was about to speak when JP turned around and tried to leave. The maid from earlier stood in her way and JP gave up and went to sit down. Kyoya pulled a chair out for her, adding to her annoyance.
"I am sending you two out today into town to pick out a dress and some matching shoes for the party tomorrow! And to save time Kyoya is here to be your excourt because a lady is not to be wandering alone. Now because it's an older style party you must follow these rules... Now go because you have such limited time~!" JP didn't say anything as she stood up because she knew Iggy already did. Kyoya smiled at her victoriously as he held open the door.
Haruhi was playing with Mr Choco Cat when a panicked knock came to the door. She opened it just to have Hikaru thrown at her. "He will tell you what you are doing today, I have to go put out a fire in the kitchen. Have at it kiddies~!" And with that Daleun was down the hall and out of sight. Haruhi looked at Hikaru who smiled nervously.
"What're you doing, Iggy-chan?" Kaoru looked over at Iggy who was texting on her phone.
"I'm sending a message to Hikaru and Kyoya to take the girls on a date instead of shopping. I will buy our dresses and other stuff so they might as well have fun..." Iggy looked over at Kaoru before smiling at him.
"Wh- where would they go?"
"JP is going to go have lunch with Kyoya before they go to the aquarium and a petting zoo nearby. I have their tickets and reservations already made. Haruhi and Hikaru will go to church for confessing..." When Kaoru looked at her confused Iggy laughed. "Just kidding. They're going to the park for some ice-cream and a picnic. I'm having it all set up right now. Damn these kiddos are expensive... Where should we start? Shoes? Dresses? Or... Masks?"
"Masks? What do we need masks for?"
"It's a masquerade... didn't auntie tell you?"
"Ummm... no. Do i need one?"
"We'll start with masks and yes. We can get all of ours at once." Iggy took Kaoru's hand, making him blush a little, before leading him down the street. They stopped at a costume shop and Iggy smiled to herself before walking in. She automatically went to the front desk and started talking to the man in a different language, spanish surprisingly. They laughed a little before he signaled for them to follow him. He took them to the back were there was walls with shelves filled with masks. "He says we can pick out as many as we want and since he likes me we get them 25% off~! I love this store. JP and i shop here every year for our holloween outfits and sometimes for our stage outfits. It's fun."
Kaoru smiled at her, thinking she was cute for dressing in costumes for most of her performances. Iggy picked out ten masks. Kaoru was about to ask who they were all four when he remembered the four boys that work at the hotel. So seven boys plus three girls... How is this suppose to work? Maybe we will just get them and the others can get lost! Kaoru thought angrily to himself. After that Kaoru was in a bad mood for most of their time in the shop. They were about to leave when Iggy spotted something. She ran to a corner and was yelling for the shop keeper who was only ten feet away.
"Ah... You have a good eye, Acacia love! But that's a boys mask you know? It's a bit girly but..." The shop keeper saw her look over at Kaoru quickly before asking him to wrap it up secretly.
Iggy had bought fifteen different masks (sixteen including the secret one). They thanked the shop keeper before heading out to the next store. Iggy wanted to see if JP and Kyoya had started their date so they made a quick stop to the cafe.
JP and Kyoya were sitting in silence waiting for their drinks. JP had got some chocolate drink from Korea and Kyoya decided on a vanilla chocolate drink from Spain. Surprisingly the waitress did not charge them for anything and they could order whatever they wanted. Thinking Auntie had done something, JP planned on ordering the most expensive meal. Kyoya, thinking the twins did something, thought to do the same. So when they ordered they blushed, feeling like they were somewhat similar.
When their food arrived they were still sitting in silence. Kyoya looked down at his phone to see he had five txts from Iggy. They mostly said, "TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TO HER! BAKA!" The last one said to ask questions.
"So... do you enjoy school?" Kyoya, playing with his food.
"Not really. I'm just good at it. What ever Iggy doesn't do i have to. She's not stupid like most think... just really lazy. How about you? Do you like school?" Just then JP got a text. It said, "STOP TALKING ABOUT SCHOOL! Family is out of the question as well... Enjoy kiddies~!" As she looked up she saw that Kyoya probably recieved the exact same message.
They looked at each other, smiled and started talking about their plans for the rest of the evening. JP was surprised that they weren't going shopping and suddenly realized who was up to this. Iggy. She felt dumb for not knowing but happy that her sister did something nice and non-selfish for once. The two continued their conversation for about another hour on books and the possibility of life on other planets before heading to the aquarium.
Haruhi and Hikaru walked in silence for about half an hour until they reached a park. Haruhi looked at Hikaru who smiled before continuing to walk on. Haruhi followed him to a secluded area under a tree with a picnic already set up. They sat down and Hikaru poured them some juice before they both pulled out the food and set it up. Eventually they got talking. Laughing at the little things. And all in all... having a good time.
Iggy decided that shoes wouldn't be so hard to find. The boys had their suits already picked out so she didn't need to worry about them. She went into the store and picked out a magazine to look through. She didn't any of those shoes so she looked around the store. She found three heels, three pairs of boots, and three flats. At first Kaoru was confused at why she was spending so much money but decided that since it was her aunt's money and that she was mad at her then it wouldn't really matter if he asked or not.
The dresses took more time. Iggy seemed to be looking through hundreds, if not thousands, of dresses. Kaoru was looking through them as well. Iggy was marking down dresses on a small peice of paper while Kaoru was distracted. As soon as they left Kaoru wandered if she decided that she didn't like any since she didn't seem to buy any. Iggy thanked Kaoru for shopping with her before taking the masks and shoes to her room. Kaoru was happy just to have spent the day with Iggy.
Kyoya and JP arrived soon after them followed by Haruhi and Hikaru. Kaoru went to his brother's side and they both dragged Kyoya away. JP smiled and took Haruhi back to her room to have a "chat" with Iggy. It didn't last long, let alone start, considering the moment the two girls walked in Iggy was asleep. Damn... She's so lazy! JP smiled before asking if Haruhi if she was tired. When she said no JP shrugged and went to take a nap with her sister. Haruhi feeling like the odd one out left. .. ... ...
THE DAY OF THE MASQUERADE~! Iggy, JP, and Haruhi were getting their hair done with Daleun when a maid walked in and whispered something to Daleun. She smiled and whispered something back before closing her eyes to let them finish her hair. JP looked at her suspiciously, Iggy was arguing with the girl doing her hair and Haruhi didn't notice... What is that old bat up to?
Iggy helped Haruhi into her dress before assisting JP. Haruhi had a purple and black dress that flowed in the back. She had a matching black and purple mask that had lace string to hide her face. JP was wearing a black dress with spegetti straps, however if you looked in the back you could see that the black covered a simple white dress underneath. The front of the dress was covered with diamonds and she had a mask that was black and white to match. Iggy was wearing a black dress that touched the ground even with her heels. It flowed in the back and was covered with flower rime stones. She had a pure black mask on with feathers on the side. The girls looked so pretty that Daleun wanted to cry. And she did. As did Ranka.
The party had started and the girls where still in their room. The twins were a bit nervous, Kyoya was hiding his better, when Daleun walked in and announced that everyone should make their way to the dance floor. After about three songs the girls came down. All eyes were on them. Haaruhi blushed, JP was really annoyed, and Iggy didn't notice. The boys got their first and second dance with the girls. They all had tuxes on but you could tell who was who by their masks. Iggy had given the twins half masks each butterflies, one half blue the other green. Kyoya had a dark red mask that covered most of his face, the way Iggy liked it.
It wasn't until about two hours later that they all heard a huge door slam open. They all turned their attention to the entrance and saw a Tamaki standing in the door way Mori and Honey. Iggy quickly grabbed Haruhi's and JP's hands before leading them away. Kyoya and the twins were furious that the idiot that haunts them at school was now haunting them on vacation. It was about half an hour later that the three girls returned. They all had the same hairstyle and very similar dresses. It didn't help that they were all the same height as well. Tamaki stared at them and how beautiful they all looked. Right then and there Daleun appeared out of nowhere.
"If you want to dance with one of these beautifu girls you have to pick the right one! Tamaki. You shall go first~!"
"I know my Haruhi anywhere~!" Tamaki said as he stepped up to the girl in the middle wearing a light green dress. "This is my beloved~!" He took her by the waist just to be met with a quick and swift punch to the jaw. The girl next to her in red snickered and Honey knew that that was his Iggy-chan. Honey ran to Iggy taking her by the hand and leading her away. Mori quickly moved to JP's side and took her away before she killed Tamaki, who was now crying behind Ranka.
"How could you think that was Haruhi, milord?" The twins snickered.
"Be quiet... Haruhi... Papa's sorry!" Tamaki reached out for Haruhi who turned and walked away.
"I'll go talk to her, milord." Hikaru said running off after Haruhi in victory leaving a crying Tamaki in the capable hands of his brother and Kyoya.
Honey and Iggy danced for a long time, not even on beat. JP showed Mori how good she was at dancing, making him blush. Hikaru and Haruhi sat outside talking. Then four boys walked in from one of the side entrances and quietly pulled JP and Iggy away from their current dancing partners. At first the girls were confused but blushed when they realized who the cute mystery boys were. Honey was a bit clueless, Mori acted clueless, but Kaoru and Kyoya became suddenly jealous. Every time either came near the girls the mystery boys pulled them away. Kaoru became extremely annoyed and Honey was failing to calm him down.
"Are you an idiot, senpai? Can't you tell their trying to take Iggy from us? From me?" Kaoru yelled at a big eyed Honey. Honey just looked over at a happy Iggy who was suddenly a lot closer to the boy and they had stopped dancing. Panic filled Honey, though he wasn't 100% sure why.
Hikaru and Haruhi walked in as Kaoru was yelling at a masked boy who was holding onto a de-masked Iggy by the waist, a victory smile on his face. Hikaru only glanced at Haruhi before running to his brother's side. JP quickly made her way to her sister before taking her hand. Iggy looked so worried, panic everywhere on her body.
"You can't just keep her from me! She doesn't belong to a poor peasant like you! You will never be special to her!" Kaoru was now being held back by Mori and Hikaru. He was yelling so loud that the music had stopped and everyone was staring at them.
Haruhi went to go stand by the girls but was pulled back by Tamaki. "Don't... It's not our fight."
The smile quickly vanished off of Rico's face. He took off his mask so he could glare at Kaoru who glared back. Rico gave a quick smirk before pulling Iggy infront of him, looking back at Kaoru before leaning in and kissing her. All the color drained from Kaoru's face, and JP's. There was big uproar among the viewers about how cute and romantic it all seemed but no one expected what came next.
WHACK! Iggy had pushed Rico away, tears in her eyes, before slapping him straight across the face. The room became suddenly dead quiet. Iggy turned to JP who wanted to say something but her mouth wouldn't let her. No comforting words came out. No sound of any kind. From anyone. Then... Iggy ran. JP wanted to go after her but Joey told her to stay. She almost punched him to let go but something in her, for some reason, told her not to go. A sense that told her Iggy needed to be alone. Kaoru was about to follow her but was caught by both Honey and Mori. Tamaki looked like he might go but only death would follow him if he did.
Iggy kept running until she fell. She didn't even sit up. She just laid there. Then there was a flash in the sky.
No one talked for about half an hour. Then there was a bright flash in the sky. Honey and JP instantly moved to the window. Not because they thought it was cool, because they did, but because they both knew Iggy was deadly scared of thunder storms. Honey looked at her for permission but she shook her head no. She knew (or better yet hoped) Iggy found some place to hide so it would do no good for everyone to get wet. She went to stand by Demi but was pulled by Tamaki's side. She was about to punch him when she noticed the host club had gathered in a circle, no one noticed Tamaki grab JP though.
"They're a nuisance. I don't understand how the girls can stand them..." Hikaru said looking over to Kaoru.
"Their rude and selfish. They don't deserve to be with our Grimm and Iggy..." Kaoru looked over at Kyoya.
"I agree that they are rude and don't know any ounce of respect but the girls have known them for a long time. They're all close friends..." Kyoya looked over at Mori.
"Hn." Mori said looking at Honey.
"I only met them but i think they're nice except the one that kissed Iggy-chan... What do you think Grimm-chan? Grimm-chan!" Honey and the others stared at JP and she stared back, a look of annoyance clear on her face.
"We were more than friends..." JP said before leaving the group and making her way to Demi.
"What does she mean by that?" Tamaki being a complete retard.
"Really senpai? Didn't any of you know that Iggy and Rico dated a few years ago? And Grimm and Joey had this thing... Until Demi came along and broke it up..." Haruhi said looking over at a laughing JP.
"What do you mean Demi broke it up? Did he help her cheat?" Tamaki said looking for a scandal.
"No... Joey was the one cheating and Demi caught him with another girl and took pictures to show to JP who almost murdered him. Rico lied about not knowing anything and was later found out that he too had cheated so Iggy broke up with him. Poor TJ was just in the wrong place at the wrong time..." Haruhi looked over everyone's faces. The twins looked unimpressed as if someone had just told them something they already knew. Kyoya had a stoic look on his face but his eyes gave off the impression that he was mad. Mori had his uncaring look as always. Honey looked a bit distracted but worried. Tamaki had a dumb look on his face as usual, like he didn't quite understand something. Haruhi rolled her eyes before joining JP.
"What else did those idiots need to know?" JP said giving a disgusted look over at the small group of boys.
"Uh... Nothing important senpai." Haruhi glanced outside. "It sure is raining hard isn't it?"
"Yeah..."
"Do you think Iggy really found somewhere to shelter herself. You know what happens when she even sees lightning." Haruhi was still staring out the window when JP looked at her.
"You think...? I should go looking for her..." but before JP could even move she saw her aunt stand up on the stage.
"Because of the bad weather no one is allowed to leave... I'm sorry for the inconvenience but the authorities say it's just to dangerous..." and with those last few words Daleun glanced over at Grimm, worry in her eyes.
"We should still go..." Haruhi began but JP cut her off with a small shake of her head and a glance at Kaoru who was really worried. She glanced at the others who were also watching him expectantly. But no one moved.
"If you wish to change out of these clothes we have some robes that you may use for the time being as well as some pajamas. Please let small children and their parents to use the changing and bathrooms first." Daleun got off the stage and approached the large group of teens. Joey, Rico, Demi and poor TJ had found their way to JP. They all stood together with the OHS students. "I should send someone to go look for her..."
"She's smart enough to have found shelter by now..." Rico said with a small smile.
"Idiot..." Everyone turned to stare at a small Honey.
"What did you say to me, you rich brat?"
"I said you're an IDIOT! You may have dated Iggy-chan but you know nothing about her..." Rico glared at Honey who glared back. He then turned to JP suddenly. "Can I go look for her, please?"
"I would love to accompany you..." JP said before Honey shook his head.
"I know the one person she wants to see right now is you but it's too dangerous."
"I DON'T CARE! That's my sister out there and I'm tired of everyone telling me I can't go look for her!" JP felt bad that she had yelled at Honey but she couldn't hold it in any longer.
"I understand... but you wouldn't want to ruin the nice dress Iggy-chan gave to you now would you?"
"Actually I really..." JP realized that what Honey meant was he wanted to look for Iggy by himself. She smiled and said, "fine," before watching the small boy run out the doors and into the rain.
Iggy saw the small flash in the sky and her whole body froze. A small water droplet hit her face. She looked up only to be greeted by more water and another bright flash in the sky. Then there was something hot running down her cheeks... She soon realized they were tears. She was alone...
"Dongsaeng..."
Grimm was pacing back in forth in her pjs looking outside.
"No one fed Mr. Choco Cat... I need... Iggy..." JP started pacing again. "She didn't pick up cat food... I wonder if she'll remember?"
Daleun had tried to get her to sit down with little to no success. The boys watched her, worried. Haruhi was staring outside. The rains coming down so hard. I hope Honey-senpai finds Iggy-senpai soon... Then the power went out. There were small cries from women who were surprised and babies crying from the dark. JP was handed a flashlight.
"What else could possibly go wrong now?" Tamaki said stupidly.
"Milord! NO! Knock on wood! Right now..." The others tried to get there stupid king to knock on wood but it was to late. Lightning hit the building and the force was so strong the glass broke. Glass and rain was spilling into the room like crazy. Everyone was running around in a panic. This storm is strong. Iggy...
Iggy had crawled under the nearest tree. Lucky her it was smaller so it wouldn't attract the lightning as much. Still...
"Dongsaeng..." Iggy said to herself. There was a huge rumble in the sky followed by the biggest lightning streak Iggy has ever seen. It flashed towards the ball room Iggy had fled from. She saw something dark and gray floating in the sky... Then there was a bright color that lighted up the sky. More lightning? No... Fire! Iggy ran back towards her dongsaeng.
Honey was looking everywhere for Iggy. Then he heard glass breaking and the shrill cry of stupid women. He looked back to see red and gray mixing together. Then he heard Iggy cry out.
"Dongsaeng!"
Honey met up with her and quickly made sure she was okay before they both ran back to the building were all their friends were now trapped under a burning roof.
It was Grimm who noticed the fire first. She tried to scream out but her voice drowned out over the screaming people. She found a bull horn and started yelling at everyone to get outside before the roof collapsed. Haruhi was guiding people out of a different exit when the first pillar fell trapping Haruhi, Grimm, Mori and a screaming Tamaki inside. Haruhi was the first to faint of the heat and smoke. Mori caught her before she fell to the floor looking at Grimm for guidance. Her mind blurred. She doesn't know how to take care of people. Iggy always told her what to do. She could take care of animals but not people. Then she remembered what Iggy once told her when they first moved here...
"People and animals are alike. Especially when they're sick. Though... Animals are smarter and better than the idiots we take care of they still need the same attention when they're sick."
She saw Iggy's smile and knew what to do. JP ripped part of her robe before placing it over Haruhi's face. "We have to keep her from inhaling as much smoke as possible! Let's try and find a way out of here... And Tamaki... SHUT UP! We have to work together to get out of here!" Then she heard something that sounded so familiar.
"Dongsaeng! Where are you?" It was Iggy. Her and Honey had found a way in and was only a few feet from them.
"Iggy! Over hear!" JP screamed before she started coughing from all the smoke. Mori was by her side trying to keep her up but struggled with both girls. Iggy ran to Grimm's side, still soaking wet, and took her by the waist.
"Thanks, Mori-kun." Iggy said before leading the way out. Honey had moved some fallen objects out of the way so they could make a clear and quick escape to the door. Once out there was an ambulance and paramedics waiting for them.
Iggy handed Grimm over quickly before going to tell the police what happened. When she returned Grimm and Haruhi both started to stir from their sleep. Iggy smiled but put Mori in front of her. He was about to ask why when she spoke before him. "I want her to wake up to her savior~!" She smiled before shoving a retarded Tamaki towards Haruhi.
Iggy went to look for the twins to yell at them for letting Tamaki take care of Haruhi. As Grimm opened her eyes, and as Iggy walked up to Kaoru, the sun finally broke through the clouds to light up their faces. Both Mori and Kaoru blushed... Maybe this wasn't such a bad vacation after all~!
Iggy was packing up her stuff in the room when a soft knock came to the door. "Come in! It's open!" She yelled without looking back.
Someone came in and before she could turn around they wrapped their arms around her waist and rested their head on her shoulder. "Wha- who...? *sigh*" Iggy just let her body relax for a minute before touching the person's hands gently. "Kaoru..." she whispered. She could feel his body trembling against her. He was holding back tears, she assumed. "Kaoru..." she said again.
"Please... Just let me hold you."
They stood there for a few minutes. Iggy finally started to get nervous and awkward. She shifted feet which made Kaoru let go. "I- I'm sorry. I didn't mean for you to..."
"It's not you... I- I was really worried about you." Kaoru looked away from her when she turned around.
"You're not Hikaru. It's not like you to yell at people... What happened?"
"He was... holding you. Making you smile differently then you normally do... And then..."
"He kissed me..." Iggy flinched away as if someone had just hit her.
"Yeah..."
Mori was helping JP and Daleun clean up around the ballroom. It was a big wreck. Daleun eventually left to get more helpers. Mori took small glances at Grimm. She started to notice him looking at her and smiled the next time she caught him. He blushed ever so slightly before turning away. She walked up to him.
"Thank you, by the way."
"Hn?"
"For carrying me out of the fire and everything. I'm not used to fainting in situations like that..."
"It's not a problem."
"Thank you." She said again as she hugged him. He blushed slightly. He looked down at her and she looked up at him. The space between them became smaller. And smaller. And smaller.
Iggy looked at Kaoru who was still looking away. Tears filled his eyes. She put a hand gently on his cheek, making him look at her. She stood on her toes, quickly closing the space between them...
"Senpai...?" Kaoru said in the smallest whisper, almost like he never said it at all.
Iggy hesitated, but only for a moment. Then their lips touched.
The space had quickly become nothing. Grimm and Mori were now embracing each other as passionately as their kiss. They did not wish to stop but when they heard voices coming they quickly pulled apart, not knowing really why.
There was a knock on the door. Iggy and Kaoru pulled away and stared at it as it opened. Hikaru and Haruhi were standing with Tamaki, Hikaru really annoyed. A scary grin crept it's way across Hikaru's face before he said, "You two ready to go?"
"Uh..." Kaoru realized that him and Iggy were still standing really close to one another and took a step back.
"Al- almost! Is Grimm and Mori done with the clean up?" Iggy said throwing her last few pieces of clothing into her bag and zipping it up.
"We're not sure~! Is her stuff packed though? Maybe we can meet them there?" Tamaki said in a weird voice that made Iggy want to hit him. She ignored him and walked with the twins in front of Haruhi and Tamaki, they were both laughing about something...
Honey was watching Mori from his window. He smiled to himself before grabbing both their bags and heading out the door. He met the others downstairs and saw Iggy really close to Kaoru. Kyoya put a hand on his shoulder, surprising him a bit.
"You okay, senpai?" Kyoya asked in a tone that made Honey wonder...
"Perfectly! Let's go home, k~?" Honey said before running to the others and yelling for Mori as they walked outside.
JP and Mori had just finished cleaning up with everyone else when the small group approached. They all got ready to go home, having to wait for their aunt and Haruhi's dad. Ranka said bye to Daleun before she hugged both her nieces goodbye.
"That was eventful..."
"Yeah... Let's never do that again..."
"Agreed! Hey... Dongsaeng?"
"Yeah?"
"I missed you."
"What do you mean? The thunder storm thing?"
"No... I just. I don't know~! Never mind! Can't wait till the next party~~!"
"I hate it when you- wait... Next party? I thought we agreed to never do that again!"
"Haha! I thought you meant going to work for Auntie~! Next party is in Christmas! I CANT WAIT!"
"Unni! NO!"
END Episode 11