"I'm so tired!" Alex yawed, stretching her arms freely and nearly dropping her bag as we walked out of the St Andrews' Academy gates. It had been another long day full of pop quizzes and teachers with voices that could put a group insomniac to sleep. Alex had spent the entire night cramming for the impending respiration test in Biology, so she was feeling the worst of it.
"Are you sure you want to go round Haruhi's today?" I asked worriedly, looking at the bags under Alex's wonderfully bright blue eyes with concern. She looked so drained, I felt kind of bad for her.
In response, Alex yawned once more, and then sent me a surprisingly optimistic grin.
"I'm sure, mother!" She said, still refusing to stop grinning like a cat handing a dead bird to their owner, before looking ahead of us to the busy road we were about to cross to get to Haruhi's street "Geez" She commented "You worry way too much Kate, I bet I will be your first grey hair"
At that moment, Alex stepped onto the busy road, still in an stupor and unaware of her surroundings, just as I saw a long, expensive limo moving at about 80 miles an hour straight towards her zombie like state.
I panicked, and instantly ran out towards her, pulling her back out of the limo's path, much to my relief. If I didn't react that instant I would have had pancake for a best friend.
"I know, but without me you'd be hit by a train 3 times a day" I replied, jerking her bag back so she didn't sleepily cross the road, just as a car was about to give her the high-five of her life.
At that moment, the car I had just saved Alex's €$$ from being hit by screeched to a halt in front of me and Alex, literally inches away from my toes. The limo's tinted back seat window rolled down, revealing a woman with short brown hair, slightly tanned skin and dark grey eyes, with a posh stare to match.
Though, Alex and I weren't really paying too much attention to her looks anyway, or even her aristocratic stare, just like me, Alex was staring at the woman's crisp, famously unique red and white 'Lobelia Girl's Academy' uniform.
I looked back to Alex after I had my fill of gawking at the poor woman, but it seemed that if anything, Alex had never had enough staring time. If it was possible to let your jaw drop to the floor like in those cartoons, I'm pretty sure Alex would have done it there and then.
Thinking out it, I'm pretty sure she was drooling too. Ew.
"A-alex? I asked my best friend with more concern than I have ever felt "A-are you alight?"
At that moment, the woman in the car snapped her fingers, revealing 2 other girls behind her to come and peer over her shoulder, appearing to be singing in a quiet, though perfect harmonious chord of 'Lobelia!'
One had long, wavy light brown hair, with an elegantly poised nose, pale skin and light brown eyes, whilst the other with short brown hair, though not as short as either mine or Haruhi's, that curls inwards at the tips, creating a sort of 'flouncy' hairstyle, and dark grey eyes with a hint of indigo planted in there for good measure. Like the woman, these two were also wearing the daintily, stylish Lobelia uniforms.
I looked down at my own plain uniform of a dark blue blazer bearing the school's crest, my grey school skirt and white shirt, and once again felt incredibly underdressed to be in the presence of the rich students. A feeling of 'déjà vu' swept across me as I remembered this was how I felt entering Ouran for the first time.
However, I was once again pulled out of my mid-trance when the two girls stretched their arms out of the car, grabbed Alex's shirt, and literally pulled her through the limo's window. If she wasn't as robust as Alex had grown to become due to soccer practice, I thought she would have almost certainly have broken a few bones!
"H-hey!" Alex exclaimed, scrambling to get out of the window and trying to get her feet back onto the pavement. I stepped towards her and grabbed her arms, preparing to pull her back in a burst of inhumane strength, but just then Alex was pulled back into the limo by the three girls inside, much to Alex's protests as I was slammed against the car's door, refusing to let go of my best friend.
Somehow in the process, the three Lobelia students had managed to pry my hands away from Alex's arms, and the two of us became separated. I saw that Alex was thrown into one of the empty limo seats, dazed but a least appearing to be unharmed. The short haired, tanned brunette turned to me, her light grey eyes sending another glance at first my face, one of horror and defiance, and then her gaze fell upon my middle-class attire.
"I suggest you stay out of this, fair maiden" She said, her facial expression meaning business, though the comment 'fair maiden' in any other circumstance would have made me double over in a hysterical laughing fit "This is a matter of the Lobelia Girls' Academy Zuka Club, and the pride of our gracious school!"
At this, the woman clicked her fingers again in a dramatic, very 'Tamaki-esk' fashion as the two other girls who had surprisingly managed to detain Alex sang the word 'Lobelia!' again in harmony, one note after the other in a haunting melody, literally managing to stun me on the spot.
At that, the limo left and made their way back onto the 80 mile an hour path, in the opposite direction to Haruhi's house, towards Lobelia Academy.
For a few moments, I just stood there, trying to process what had just happened.
Alex was almost hit by a limo.
The limo then proceeded to hijack my best friend.
The girls inside the limo were from the Lobelia 'Zuka Club'.
They had just driven away with Alex towards their own battleground, their school campus.
What was going to happen to her?
With that panicking thought in mind, I turned towards the traffic laden streets that lead towards Haruhi's neighbourhood. Towards somebody, anybody that could help me get Alex back.
Without even thinking twice, I leaped onto the main road and started running full pelt towards the other side of the road, as oblivious as Alex would have been to any cars, bikes or angry drivers that may have been in my way.
I needed Alex back, and at that point, I didn't even care if I died trying to get her. I was terrified, I was not going to let some weird strangers kidnap my best friend, I would go to the ends of the earth to retrieve her, and I am sure she would of done the same.
COOL TRANSITION
I practically pulled the door off its hinges as I entered Haruhi's house, out of breath, though still too pumped with adrenaline from my run across the highway to care.
Haruhi was sitting at the table, doing her homework as usual with the members of the Host Club all gathered around her and proving to be the greatest form of distraction. The twins were leaning over Haruhi in a weird, slightly incest-like position with one another in a tight embrace, making Tamaki wail like a little girl in distress. If I was not so keen on getting help for Alex, I probably would of said something.
Hunny was happily eating a slice of cake at the opposite end of the table with Mori beside him, making sure that he didn't eat too much at once inside his black hole of a mouth, and Kyoya was writing in KIRA as usual, not even bothering to look up as I burst into the house.
The Host Club momentarily stopped their actions as I burst in, and Hunny tilted his head in curiosity at my flustered-ness.
"What's wrong, Kate-chan?" He asked, his eyes large and innocent looking.
"A-A-Al" Was the only sound to come out of my mouth, before my legs finally turned to jelly after catching up to all of the energy I had lost, and I literally fell onto the floor, probably face first of my arms hadn't held me up.
I didn't even pause at my face being literally inches from the ground, and I turned my head directly towards the group, who were completely frozen in either shock or were frozen to keep the laughter in.
"Alex has been kidnapped!" I yelled, and after taking a short breath to pause, continued "By Lobelia!"
The entire group, excluding Kyoya gasped. Then Tamaki stood up in a terrified, melodramatic fashion, and turned to the rest of the Host Club.
"We have no choice!" Tamaki exclaimed "We must save our dearest second-cousin-twice-removed from the evil clutches of the Zuka Club!"
Since when were Alex and Tamaki related!
Wait…Zuka Club? I didn't even mention anything like that! Though, I do remember that brunette mentioning something about a Club…
That means…they already have encountered the club!
"You know the club?" I asked, making Kyoya look up from his beloved KIRA, and answer the question.
"They once kidnapped Haruhi, and forced her to participate in a dramatic production. The leader of the club then attempted to 'steal' her first kiss in spite, to make Tamaki suffer." He replied in a calm and collected manner, in complete contrast to what I was feeling. How could he be so calm, I could feel my insides churning.
I'll give him this though; he did manage to distract me from Alex's impending doom for a few seconds as I stood up and gave him a questioning glare.
"Isn't that…kind of Lesbian-ish?" I questioned, turning my head towards Haruhi in a questioning manner "I mean, I knew you must had been a little different to live a day-to-day life with these guys, but I didn't expect that!"
I noticed Tamaki next to me turn bright, and I mean bright red, before exclaiming, stuttering slightly "T-There's no t-time to lose! We don't have enough time to discuss inappropriate things about my darling Haruhi!"
"That's right!" The twins said at once, grinning ear to ear like they already had an evil plan up their sleeves. Picking up Haruhi by her feet and arms, they carried her out of the room, all while Haruhi protested, as any sane person would.
Hunny had somehow managed to stand beside me without even noticing, and with a dead serious expression on his face he glanced up at me. His eyes had a sharpness that I have never seen before from the usual bubbly boy.
I swear, that was the most terrifying moment of my life, even if it was for only 3 seconds as he said "Let's go get Alex-chan"
Instantly, his expression resumed its regular cuteness, making me almost think it was a trick of the light as he leaped onto Mori's gigantically tall shoulders and the two left the room, with Tamaki following suit, crying out something about 'The sexuality of Alex being at stake!'
I noticed that although Hunny's expression had completely changed in those moments, Mori's still remained as stoic as ever. His eyes though, looked slightly, ever so slightly more serious than normal, arousing my suspicions.
Why did I feel that he too was worried about Alex? Maybe I'm just looking too deep into things…
Soon enough, it was just me and Kyoya in the room. He closed KIRA with a light resounding 'thud', stood up and walked towards the doorway.
Just before he left, he turned to me, his face as normal and business-like as ever.
"I suggest you come too, Miss Farnest" He said, before giving me the strangest, most cunning smile ever to grace history, like an evil dictator before a pleading servant "After all, Alex is your best friend, correct?"
Normally, I would have replied 'Of course, she's the only person the Japan I rely on! There's no way I'll let her go so easily!'
The Host Club was…weird. I wouldn't consider them 'friends', but more 'allies'. They're sort of reliable, and judging by the fact I went to them without question, I knew I trusted them, just a little bit.
So, I replied "Yeah, I guess she'll need somebody remotely sane to help her out" before walking up to the doorframe, and following Kyoya out of the door.
Walking along the sidewalk towards Lobelia with Kyoya, I was brimming with confidence, that I otherwise would not of had. We were going to save Alex, no matter what. The Host Club was by my side, so even if things did go wrong…somehow it would all turn out ok.
Besides, Kyoya was here, and if he had a plan, then nothing would go wrong.
…How could I say that with such certainly?
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