Sacrifice
By: Hita-Chan
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Kyoya's head popped up over a pile of rubble, his eyes squinting to see through the fog that had appeared overnight. He sighed and adjusted his glasses, looking over his shoulder to the others.
"It's no use. We can't leave today; not with this fog. We'll all be killed easily." He told them, climbing down from the rubble.
"There has to be a way for us to get through the fog, Kyoya! We have to save Haruhi! Who knows what they're doing to her right this very minute!" Tamaki shouted.
Honey slapped him in the back of the head, "Shush Tama-chan! Are you trying to tell them where we are?"
Tamaki looked down at the ground and shook his. The twins sighed at him, "You can be hopeless, Tono."
Kyoya looked back at the rubble and the fog, trying to form a plan in his head. He tried to think of other ways out of town, but he couldn't think of any that would be any better, luck wise, than this way. He turned to look at the four bickering men.
"Shut up, all of you. I'm trying to develop a plan." Kyoya hissed.
They all gulped and scooted behind Mori's nonchalant form. He looked down at Kyoya blankly, Kyoya just nodding at him and then turning in the other direction. He looked around as a loud humming started to slice the silence. They all groaned loudly as the humming got louder and they all clamped their hands over their ears. They were all squinting and slowly lowering to the ground as it seemed to get louder and louder, intruding their heads.
When it seemed to be over (which was almost ten minutes later) they all slowly stood up and locked eyes with each other.
"What was that noise Takashi?!" Honey yelled.
He shrugged.
"Kyoya any ideas as to what that horrific noise was?!" Tamaki shouted.
It seemed as if their hearing had been affected by the sound.
"No idea!" Kyoya responded.
"Taka-bro! Something flew over top of us while we were down! Did you see it?" Satoshi asked his brother.
Mori thought for a minute and replied, "Ah."
"What do you think it was?"
"A helicopter."
Tamaki's eyes widened, "Like the one that took my precious daughter?!"
Mori nodded.
"What way did it go Mori-sempai?" The twins asked.
Mori pointed passed the rubble.
"Wait, that sound wasn't a helicopters sound though." Honey told them more quietly than what he had been.
The affect on them was beginning to fade. Everyone rubbed their ears and/or heads.
"Mitsukuni's right. They must have had something else on the helicopter with them." Chika agreed.
Kyoya nodded, "I agree."
"But what?"
"Who knows? All I know is maybe we shouldn't follow it if it's going to keep making that noise." Kaoru mumbled.
"We need to get moving guys. We're wasting too much time." Hikaru told them, grabbing his bag and starting to walk towards the rubble.
Everyone sighed but agreed anyways, grabbing their own bags, and then followed after the unusually serious eldest twin. As they walked Kaoru brought his hand to his pants pocket where he felt the blade he had picked up back at school. He closed his eyes and wished for Haruhi's safety and then opened them and jogged up to the others.
-Ten Hours Later-
"Look! Look!" Honey shouted, pointing ahead of all of the exhausted men, "A town!"
Everyone ran over to where Honey was standing, they all looked down and saw a small village; people were down their walking around, tending to gardens, children were playing. Everything looked peaceful down there so they all nodded and silently agreed that that would be there pit stop of the day. They all walked down the dirt path to the little town. Everyone froze and looked at the dirty newcomers. Children ran back to their parents, people looked at them cautiously.
They were confused as to what all the hostility was about, but continued to walk. An older man came walking towards them, his old wooden cane hitting the dirt as he walked his way towards them. He was dressed in a bunch of robes and had white hair and a white beard. His eyes were sunken in from old age, wrinkles over his face, his eyes were a dark brown. They looked black to the hosts and the younger siblings, they shivered a little at the newly felt cold stares they were receiving.
Kyoya stepped forward and bowed to the older man, "Hello."
The man watched him, "Hello, what brings you here?"
Kyoya looked back at his friends, unsure about whether or not they should stay, "My friends and I are traveling to find our friend. She was taken by a gang that is planning on taking over or destroying Japan. We don't know which, but we are hoping to stop them. Your village is the first thing we've seen intact so far. We were hoping you would allow us to stay the night here."
The man nodded, "I have heard nothing of this gang you are speaking of. But I find it very noble that you and your friends are willing to sacrifice your lives to find your friend. May I guess the name of this friend?"
Kyoya was a bit stunned, as were all of them, "Um sure?"
"Haruhi Fujioka?" the man asked with a knowing glint in his eyes.
Every one of them was stunned. Why would this man know her?
"If you don't mind me asking, how do you know her?" Kyoya asked, only slightly recovered.
The man chuckled, "She was a good friend of mine. Kotoko adored her, it was a shame when Haruhi got taken away from us."
Once again everyone was stunned. What was this man talking about?
"You mean Kotoko her mother?"
Now it was the elders turn to be shocked, "No no. Kotoko was the woman who watched over Haruhi when she was younger. By no means was she Haruhi's mother. Haruhi was indeed born in this village but not by Kotoko; Kotoko was infertile. She couldn't have children. Haruhi was taken away by a man named Ryoji."
Tamaki flinched at the way he seethed Ranka's biological name, "Sir, excuse me for cutting in, but Haruhi told us Kotoko was her real mother and even had a picture of her. Why are you so mad at Ranka-san?"
The man smacked Tamaki's arm with his cane, "Do not use that man's name in this village with such ease! He stole our beloved Ru Haruhi away from us! He is an evil conman. I hope he dies. As for your first part, Haruhi lied to you all. Her mother's name was Reniko and her father Futaro."
"What happened to them, sir?" Honey asked, looking up at him curiously.
The man looked around and then smiled at them, "Please, come inside and we continue this conversation in there. There are too many listeners out here."
"Sir, would you like me to make you some tea?" a young man about Mori and Honey's age asked.
"Yes, Kuziko, go right away." he ordered, slamming his cane down, "Follow me, boys."
"What is your name, if you don't mind me asking?" Kyoya asked.
"My name is Isamu Furanko. What're all of your names?" He eyed them.
"Well my name is Mitsukuni Haninozuka! This is my brother Yasuchika Haninozuka!" Honey smiled, hugging his brother, Chika nodded and fiddled with his glasses.
"I'm Satoshi Morinozuka and this is my big brother Takashi!" Satoshi introduced, grinning widely. Mori nodded in acknowledgment.
"I'm Hikaru Hitachiin." Hikaru smiled.
"I'm Kaoru Hitachiin." Kaoru draped his arm around his brother's shoulders.
"I am Tamaki Suoh." Tamaki bowed gracefully, Isamu chuckled a little bit at him.
"And I am Kyoya Ohtori." Kyoya pushed up his glasses, making them have a glare across the lenses.
"It's very nice to meet you all. Please take a seat." Isamu offered, motioning to the many chairs around the table.
They all sat down and looked down to Isamu, who sat at the head of the table. Kuziko brought out the tea and gave everyone a cup of it and then bowed and exited.
"Who is that?" Honey asked innocently.
Isamu sighed a little, "Kuziko Fujioka. Ru-chan's older cousin."
"Ru-chan?"
"Oh that was Haruhi' nickname around here. She was known by all around here, so she quickly became Ru." Everyone nodded understandingly.
"So what happened to Haruhi's biological's parents?" the twins asked.
"Well it started when they walked into the village, very much as all of you just did. But back then they were just very close friends. Anyways, Reniko and Futaro came and they met up with Kuziko and I at dinner. They explained their situation and we agreed to give them a room at our local inn. I mainly allowed them to because of their relations with Kuziko, which they had lied about we figured out later on. He was about 2-3 years old at the time and was rather happy to know someone that was 'apart' of his family. So they stayed for almost a year. We soon heard about Reniko's pregnancy. We were all overjoyed. We all knew that their kid was going to be the most beautiful, sweetest baby ever. And boy were we right. It was the day Ru was born, we all went to congratulate Futaro and Reniko. But they were long gone. Just a crying unnamed baby girl lying on their bed with a tiny note from them saying they were off to better things in life and that they hoped that their baby girl was raised nicely. We were all devastated that they would do such a thing. Kotoko became very protective and loving of the girl the moment she saw Ru. And thus she had named her Haruhi, and raised her. It wasn't until Ryoji came and stole Haruhi away did Kotoko's health begin to fall. Of course it had started a while back a few months before Ru's tenth birthday. Ryoji came demanded for Haruhi and then took her away. We never saw her again.. We all hoped she was getting along fine, that she had made friends, that Ryoji was treating her right, that she was healthy. We wished we knew. But now I guess we know that she had made great friends." Isamu smiled at them all.
Honey and Tamaki were bawling at the sad story. Kyoya was very mad that the information he had was false. Hikaru and Kaoru were sad for Haruhi. Mori, Satoshi, and Chika were all looking down. But all of them were shocked that Haruhi had never told them about this.
"Do you know anything of Reniko and Futaro's whereabouts now?" Kyoya asked cooly, trying to hold back his emotions.
"All I know is they have some major business in Japan and are very well known. They have two sons, I know for sure. I know they're one of the richest families in Japan, I just can't think of who at the moment." Isamu scratched his head, he kept looking to the young and older Haninozuka boys, "Wait-"
He was cut off as Kuziko ran into the room, "Sir, sir! We have a problem! Ina and Luka ran off into the woods!"
Isamu stood up quickly, grabbing his cane and walking quite quickly towards the door, "Come on boys."
As they walked a question came upon Kaoru's mind, "Wait so is Fujioka Harui's real last name?"
Isamu nodded, "Yes, but it wasn't Reniko and Futaro's. I forget what their's was but I know it wasn't that. Kotoko's last name was Fujioka, so we gave her that last name."
The Hosts and the younger brothers nodded.
"Isamu-san, who are Ina and Luka?" Chika asked him.
"They're two dogs that live here. They must have gotten loose." Isamu replied dreadfully.
Mori's expression changed a little, he had a soft spot for dogs and other animals.
When they got outside Kuziko led them to where they had ran in. Isamu sighed and looked at his cane, "It's not like old days, Kuziko. I can't run in like I used to be able to."
"We can go find the dogs for you." Tamaki told him, the rest of the group nodded.
"Really?"
They nodded, "As repayment for telling us all of that stuff."
Isamu and Kuziko smiled at them, "Thank you."
They all nodded and ran into the forest, calling out the dogs' names. Mori was using his senses to try and hear or smell them. They all looked at the ground for paw prints. There was a small bark and then a whine. Mori followed the echoing sound and was soon brought to a broken down tree. There was a small yellow retriever under one of the branches and a bigger black Labrador barking and nudging at the tree. Mori felt a pang hit his heart, he went over and lifted up the tree and the dog crawled slowly out of the way. Mori put down the tree and turned onto the dogs. The yellow retriever was trying to stand but couldn't get up, the dog whined as the black labrador barked at it. Mori bent down and picked the dog up carefully. He figured out it was a she and petted her head softly and whistled to the other dog, telling it to follow him. The dog easily complied and followed Mori out, still barking every now and then at the dog in Mori's arms.
When they got out the black dog attacked Kuziko and the retriever whined again. The others came out slowly behind him, having seen him leaving.
"Thank you, Takashi. Thank you to all of you." Isamu told them.
They all smiled and told him not to worry about it. Mori held the dog tighter when she started to wiggle around.
"Takashi, how can I ever repay you for saving Ina from that tree?" Isamu asked after Mori had told him the story.
Mori shook his head, "No need, sir."
"Oh I must repay you. Ina and Luka are the most prized animals in this village."
"Can you let us stay for the night?"
"Okay. Done. How about three days and two nights? You can regain your strength, get it together and make a plan. How does that sound?"
Everyone looked at each other and shrugged. Mori looked at him and nodded, "Thank you."
"Thanks Isamu-chan!"
"Mitsukuni you idiot. Don't call him 'Isamu-chan'. He's older than you. It's impolite." Chika scolded his older brother, smacking the back of his head.
"Yasuchika Haninozuka! You shut your mouth and watch your tongue! Treat your older brother with respect!" Satoshi shouted, pulling his shinai out of nowhere and hitting Chika over the head with it.
Kuziko froze and looked at the brown haired boy, "Did he say Haninozuka?"
Everyone looked to him confused.
"Ah yes, Kuziko that's Yasuchika and Mitsukuni Haninozuka. Do you know them?" Isamu asked confusedly.
He shook his head, "That was Reniko and Futaro's last name..."
Chika and Honey's eyes widened, "What?"
Well that was longer than I meant it to be! Well how did you guys like it? Haruhi has a bit of mystery in this story. Sorry if you didn't like it, but that's how I've been planning to have it since the beginning. Thanks for reading! I hope you all enjoyed! Well please review!
~Hita Says Good Bye~