Hey well isn't this weird; here we are once again with one of rants. I originally wrote this last night, but my computer felt like being a dick and shut down on me before I saved this. Anyway I am giving you a warning here this chapter is going to be really long. These stories no matter how long I make them go by fast so I am going to make this one extra long. ^.^ fun, right? Alright, here goes nothing! Oh! Hope you guys like this and will REVIEW, by the way; yes I'm really that desperate as to caplock and underline the word Review. (hint, wink, wink)

Haruhi just got finished hosting her last guest for the day. She needed to talk to Tamaki about something, but no matter how long she procrastinated she is never ready for that talk. Haruhi and Tamaki have gone out for three months now, and even though he loves her a lot she feels as if he is slipping away from her. She knows it probably because his grandmother is deeply sick and that graduation is coming soon which means Honey and Mori are going to have to leave the host club, but it still hurts. She walk over to Tamaki trying to at least get him to look at her. "Hey, Tamaki can you give me a ride home since it raining and all?" Haruhi said, slightly implying that if it turned into a thunder-storm she would need him there.

"Huh...? Oh! Haruhi... I am sorry what did you say?" Tamaki said just coming out of a daze. His grandmother's condition was getting worse, which means when she finally dead and gone he would get to see his mother; not to mention it means that he got a choice of who he gets to marry without her approval.

"I said can you give me a ride home, Tamaki." She said with a hint of annoyance. This is what she ment; this is why she thought he was drifting away from her.

"Yes, yes of-course! Oh, Haruhi please don't be mad I was just thinking about... things." He said his voice faded slightly as he dent down to kiss her. She held back a sighed. 'Well' she thought 'I guess I could talk to him about it tomorrow, but sure as hell not today.' They both left he room hand in hand.

Today...

Today was a fateful day...

Today was the day one relationship got weaker, another stronger, and one just getting started.

Today was the day she showed up, and change everything in his life.

Akiha Ashing, fitting name for some one like her; not fully japanese, but not fully anything else either. She was the girl on everyone's mind. They wanted to know her story. Why is she here? Is she even rich? She doesn't look poor nor rich, which is it? Is she from America? Why is she showing up at the end of the year? Kaoru didn't understand why everyone was so obsesses with her, or at least he didn't til he saw her in person. She just sat there reading as if oblivious to all the whispered rumors about her going around. She was in the same class as him, Hikaru and Haruhi. She was beautifully stunning, but not in the skinny makeup covered face way most girls at ouran were. Actually she look made to be heavy-set, yet she was thin. She had barely any make up on just light natural colors. She had a few light freckles on her cheeks and forehead. She had an angular jaw, and pale skin. She had dark blue eyes that you couldn't help drowning in, especially with the pain still lingering in them. Her hair was a mess of light brown curls only tamed because of many hair products. She was still beautiful all the same though. The twins walk over to their desk. Which surprising as it might not be she ended up being sitted right next to Kaoru. She turned her head a gave a light smile in their direction all the while keeping her eyes on her book.

Kaoru decided to start a conversation with her. "So.. What book are you reading?" It sounded lame, but it was all he could think of to say.

A sigh. A slender finger sliding to hold her page. A small smile, as she turned to him lightly closing the book on her finger. "It's an America book called 'Unwind', it's by a man named Neal shu-" She instantly shut up when she got a good look at him. He look so familiar... "Uh... Do I know you... Wait no, no don't answer, I'm probably just mistaken..." She trailed off. In a second time no longer she was back to reading; ending the conversation. Kaoru didn't want it to end, but the teacher was getting class started. He instead wrote her a note saying 'meet me during lunch I want to keep talking to you.' He passed it to her and watch as her eyes widen, but only for a millisecond before she wrote her own note back: 'Sorry, but frankly I don't trust shady characters like you self'. she wrote this thinking about the past. About how maybe he remembers her, but she knew the chances were slim. She couldn't help smiling at her patheticness as she wrote the last part, because there was once a time when she did trust that 'shady character' sitting next to her.

Haruhi pushed back a piece of hair behide her ear as she waited. She had let it grow out since they made the announcement of her true gender; it was shoulder length now. She also started to part her hair to the side instead of having bangs; she did it because Tamaki said he like it that way. She does a lot of things to please Tamaki. Haruhi knowns that she does it because she loves to see him happy, but had it been any other guy she was dating she probably never would have even grown it out; it was much simpler to keep it clean shorter. So why did she do this for him?

Haruhi shook her head ridding herself of those thoughts. She was supposed to meet Tamaki for lunch, but he was late once again. She went looking for him. only to find him asleep on the couch of the clubroom. She wanted to be furious at him, but she knew he wasn't sleeping much since his grandmother became ill. She instead left him some food for when he awoke and went to go eat before she had to head back to class.

While she was walking down the halls deep in thought, she ran into Hikaru. She bump straight into his chest, and fell back. He look down at her his eyes widening hoping she wasn't hurt. Hikaru help her up. "Sorry, that was my fault I should have seen you coming."

"No, no I am the one who bump into you, Hikaru." Haruhi said taking his hand to stand back up. She didn't want to be left alone or she would start thinking about how Tamaki was changing, so she decided to ask him to stay. "Hey, have you eaten yet? If not would you mind eating with me?" She tried her best to keep the desperation out of her voice.

" Uh... Sure. Wait no... What about Tamaki?" He asked he would have loved to hang around her, but he always felt guilty doing so.

"He... Kind-of fell asleep. So, will you join me or not? Wait isn't Kaoru usually with you during our lunch period?" Haruhi said just noticing the absence of her other friend and classmate. (aka Hikaru's twin, as if you didn't know.)

"He said he had plans for lunch. He is probably stalking that new girl; he has stared at her all day in class." Hikaru said laughing. He then stop; a smile still playing on his lips. "Sure, of-course I will join you, Haruhi." He felt guilty as hell, but he still loves Haruhi a lot that he would only regret saying no.

Akiha sighed, she finally lost him. She never remembered Kaoru being so clingy; out of the two twins he was the independent one. When did things change? She thought about all the things those two did together as kids. He was always nice to her even when his father told him not to hang around trash like her. That was back when she was living on the streets; her mother refusing to apologize to her grandfather when neither her or her mother did anything wrong. He was the one with no heart, not them!

She layed out her food, which wasn't much, she doesn't eat that much since you don't seem to care much about food when you go from living off dumpster food to the millions dishes of the rich. She took a bite of her bread as she held her book in one hand reading. She was eating alone, just like she planned; it wasn't because she didn't have friends here she had many actually, but she just plainly wasn't a people's person. She heard the door open loudly followed by the sound of panting. "I finally found you! Why do you keep running from me?" Kaoru said exasperated.

She look to him and gave a light smile, she was nothing if not polite. "What do you mean? I don't ever remember running from you." She said. Okay, maybe she was nothing but polite and a lair, not to mention smart and cunning, or a smartass, also some might say she is a bitch.

"Oh, so you don't remember me calling your name as you took off running down the hall." Kaoru said completely annoyed.

she scowled at him as she said. "No, I don't remember. Now get the hell over your self, Stalker!" She yelled the last part. getting pissed off at his naïve ness. How could he not remember!? he used to be so important to her. at least he was til the day he told her she was just a piece of poor trash that needed to get a life. (As I am sure you could tell he had such a wide vocabulary as a five-year old). God! He was as full of himself as he was back then.

"What is your problem? I just want to get to know you!" He yelled right back. He was getting sick of her coldness to him.

"Their nothing to know. Any why the hell are you so intent on pissing me off?" She said going back to a regular volume.

He paused. Why was he trying so hard there was no reason? He opened his mouth to say something, but then instantly re-closed it. She grunted annoyed she said in the most pathetic voice he heard. "Fine. Sit, before I kill you." As mention above she is not a people person. " But just know I am not telling you anything if you do not return the favor, so first off tell me why you want to 'get to know me'?." She said coldness still audible.

He thought for a minute. She just was... so hard to understand she didn't seem to like people, much less trust them, she look so familiar, and she just made you feel weak because she seemed to live a depressing life, yet she was always able to fake a smile just for you. She, she reminded him of a girl he knew long ago; he broke that girl's heart, and he can barely remember what she looks like now. "You remind me of someone very close to me. You know things a girl like you shouldn't have never you seen things you shouldn't, you try to act like they don't faze you, when in truth they do. That is all I can tell about you, and it's killing me I want to know more." Kaoru said sadness in his. He was very good at reading people he learn how to from the girl whose heart he broke ages ago.

Her eyes widen and tears came to her eye; he does remember he just doesn't know its her. "Kaoru" She whisper softly. She missed him so much. She missed them throwing snow balls at Hikaru every time Hikaru threaten to tell his father about the time his brother was spending with that girl. She missed his kind smile when he brought food for her and her mother. she missed all the times they spent laughing and playing. They only thing she didn't miss was when Kaoru told her to get lost. She was only four, him five when he told her he wasn't going to help her anymore. She watch him silently in the shadows as he and his brother went to school, and much to her happiness and sadness neither of them made any friends they just stay talking with each other on a bench holding hands.

She look up blinking tears from her eyes. "Alright, I will tell you." And thats what she did she told him all about her past about America, about how her father was a solider who went missing in action, and how her mother still keeps that damn letter that speaks of his death, about living on the streets, about finally having to relent to her rich grandfather, about how her grandfather had her go to public school til he finally died, which was five months ago, and even then she didn't want to go to a private school, and she told him about how there was a very kind boy that she loved. He eyes widen when she told him about her perspective from their small amount time spent together, but he didn't say anything about it just whispered a quite 'Oh'. He told her about the host club and how she should come visit it after school today. They ended up missing the class they have after lunch, but it didn't matter. She smile; she finally got her old friend back, and she wasn't letting him leave her again.

The host club was just sitting around; it was ten minutes before they had to start hosting. Tamaki and Haruhi were sitting on the couch, Haruhi head resting on Tamaki's shoulder, both talking nonsense. Hikaru and Kaoru were leaning against another couch playing a video game. Kyoya was typing this and that on his magical computer. Honey was eating cake while Mori stared at him in a protective way mumbling something to Honey about brushing his teeth. The door open; they all turned their heads they weren't expecting visitors yet. Kaoru brightly smiled when he saw who it was. "Hello." She said curtly.

"Oh, hey your that new girl in our class." Hikaru said recognising her quickly.

"Hey Akiha, correct? Ha, don't tell me your here for the entertainment of the host club?" Haruhi said laughing it seems like she the only one at this school that doesn't fall for the idiots at first sight, but she did think that Akiha would at least have been sane enough to stay clear.

"No not really I was just here to get notes from the class I missed after lunch period, and someone told me I should come and check out the host club." She said stealing a glance at Kaoru.

"Oh yeah if you want a copy I could get you one. I highly doubt those two even thought to take one during a single class this year." Haruhi said smiling. She like Akiha she was nice and easy to deal with compared to the other girls at the school.

"Thank you, that would be helpful." Akiha said laughing at Haruhi's comment. She was really awkward around people, but it doesn't usually show.

"Ah, but you must stay; I'm sure you wont regret it, princess." Kyoya said. He wasn't an idiot he knew she had a lot of money. She had the company from her decease grandfather, not to mention the company her step-father owns; both very successful. If he could get her as a customer it would help the club greatly, especially with graduation coming up.

"Well, I guess I do have time to waste, and frankly I been wondering about this so-called host club." She said a small smile playing on her lips. Oh, how this was going to be interesting.

"Is there anyone you would like to request?" Kyoya said?

"Not really I will just walk around figure you guys out." Like she needed anytime with that; everyone in this room were like an open book she could practally read their minds. She walk over to the couch where Kaoru and Hiakru were leaning against, and sat down.

"Uh.. Not to be rude, but my I ask who you might be, princess?" Tamaki said completely confused. Akiha held back a scoff, what was with the princess thing.

Both she and Kyoya open their mouths to answer, but Kaoru got to the introductions before they did. "Her name is Akiha Ashing. She recently just transferred here to Ouran."

"Ah, but why so late in the year?" Tamaki smiled politely at her.

"My grandfather didn't approve of me going to any schools as fancy as this." She answered as vaguely as possible.

"Oh, okay.." He trailed off thinking about his own family issues. Haruhi sighed here we go again she thought. She kept her mouth shut and pressed her face into his chest; she wanted to be alone with him.

"So your orignalanly from America, right?" Asked a girl who looked to be nice, but was the main one pestering Akiha with questions.

"Uh, yeah, but I don't remember anything I was only around 2 at the time." Akiha answered awkwardly.

"Why did you leave?" Asked another girl. They were all crowed around the couch she was sitting. The host club members didn't mind they could use the time off, and she was bringing in more people in, much to Kyoya's joy.

"Because my mother is half Japanese and was born here, so when my father died we moved back to her hometown." Akiha didn't exactly want to answer, but she thought they might leave her alone if she said that. They just said aw and had sympatric look on their faces. Akiha was getting really annoyed now, but she kept her self composed.

"Are you rich. Why exactly are you showing up now?" Asked a third girl.

"Because my grandfather hates me." She said annoyance finally showing.

The all gave her confused looks as she sighed; holding back at punching them all.

Haruhi was fighting her own battles in her mind. She was sitting with Tamaki; his arms wrapped around her. She knew she needed to bring up the topic, but it would be better in private. Too bad they were only in a room about a hundred feet wide hiding in a corner away from the chaos, it was just to public. She scowled at her patheticness. Okay here goes nothing, she thought. "Tamaki, why are you always zoning out?" Haruhi cringed after saying that; it wasnt the way she wanted to worded that, but it was around those lines.

"Hmm? Oh, I don't know my dear... I guess it's because everything we work for the host club might be ending soon. Mori and Honey will be leaving after graduation. Also as you know my grandmother is deeply sick and is reaching toward death, which means I will get to see my mother again, and I just don't know wh... " He trailed off tears silently running down his face. He look down at Haruhi and smiled. He then rested his head on Haruhi's. "I love you, you know that?" He asked. Haruhi didn't know what to say. That was the first time he said those words.

" I ... Love you too." She said. Haruhi knew he just complete change the subject, but she didn't press the matter.

Finally! They were gone. Akiha couldn't believe those people; what was wrong with them, must they know everything. The host club members were still lingering, and she never really got to talk to them like she wanted. She went over to where Mori and Honey were sitting. "Do you guys mind if I join you?" She asked wondering if the silent one might spring up and kill her if she tried.

"Of-course we don't mind, Aki-chan" She smiled 'Aki-chan' sounds like a boy's name and was a little childish, but she didn't mind.

"So, you two are thrid years correct? Mori-senpai and Honey-senpai?" She asked each in turn.

"Yes! But you can just call me Honey." Honey said a childish smile plastered on his face. The tall dark-haired one just nodded. Hm, maybe he was a little hard to read, there was just no tell-tale signs.

"Alright then,you can just call me Akiha then." She said. She couldn't help liking Honey. She always loved little kids, and even though he was older than her, he still reminded her of her five-year old half-brother.

"Hehe, would you like some cake, Akiha?"

"Sure, just a small piece though. Hm, you really seem to like cake. What about you Mori?" She asked trying to get him to talk while she took a small bite of cake. He just look at her a shook his head. She narrowed her eyes, oh well it not wroth it, she thought. "Thank you for the cake Honey it was good, but I am going to go talk to Kyoya now." She said standing up.

As she walk over to Kyoya she caught sight of Kaoru. He smiled to her, but soon went back to talking to his brother. When she got there she sat down putting her hands on the table. "So, Kyoya, is it?" She said laughing for no apparent reason; she just felt like pissing this guy off.

"Yes, and want might it be you want?" He asked scribbling in his little black book.

She scowled thinking. "What are you writing in there, you been writing in that damn book all day?" She asked with curiosity.

"Nothing you must concern you self about. But if you will, I am busy so..." He said indicating her to leave. She sort-of like Kyoya; she would love to have him as a friend, with his smartness, and his tendency not to care about things.

She left leaving him and his notebook filled with secrets, and she went over to Kaoru and Hikaru. She already knew most everything about them, but she just plainly wanted to be near Kaoru. Plus Tamaki and Haruhi already left, and she didn't really like Tamaki. When she got there Kaoru slip his arm around her waist. Her eyes slightly widen as did Hikaru's. What was he doing exactly? S,he didn't say anything, just stood there some guy arm on her waist completely natural.

"Uh... When did this start?" Hikaru asked looking directly at his brother arm.

"Hm?" Kaoru said innocently.

Hikaru burst out laughing "Don't tell me you got yourself a girlfriend Kaoru!?" Hikaru couldn't stop tears started running down his face. Oh, this was priceless his brother had a girlfriend, and Kaoru was acting as if nothing was different. All the remaining host club member look over at them confused. When they saw Kaoru arm around Akiha waist they weren't sure what to say, but went back to whatever they were doing.

"Were not dating, Hikaru! ...Er, at least I don't think we are?" Akiha said trying not to hurt Kaoru

"Oh..." Kaoru blushed as his arm drop from her waist. Hikaru only started laughing harder.

"Wait Kaoru I wasn't sure. I mean its been years since we last seen each other, and now here we are ten-years later, and..." She trailed off noticing how much she just gave away.

Hikaru's laughter slowly faded as her words sunk in. "Wait, what you guys used to know each other?" Hikaru said confused.

"Yes, if you don't remember maybe we should relieve our past we me past out in your guy's yard." Akiha said, she still remember that night. Kaoru and Hikaru stood over her poking her face as she regain conscious.

"What!? That was you?" Hikaru said. "Wow that makes sence now about why I instantly hated you. You were mean to me back then."

"Who said I still not now?" She said plotting on pissing him off for old-time sake. She smiled as he scowled at her, which only made her laugh. She grad Kaoru's arm and pulled him outside. "So... Are we going out?" She asked looking up shyly as him.

He stood wide-eyed for a second before he answered." Yes." He then kissed her. Soon the remaining host club members found them out in the hall still making out.

Tamaki was dropping Haruhi off at her house, when his phone started ringing. He quickly kissed Haruhi goodbye, and once her apartment door was closed; he pick up his phone. "Hello?" he said into the phone he had never seen the number before. He almost drop the phone when the person on the other line told him the 'tragic' news. He rushed down to his car to go meet his father at the hospital. He grandmother had just died, and they wanted him there immediacy.

Finally done! I wanted to write more, but it was already long enough. please, yes I know I'm begging, but please, please, please REVIEW!