Chapter Two

Haruhi's POV

It had been a long fourteen hour flight from the Narita airport in Japan to the airport in Tulsa, Oklahoma. From the time I belted myself in, to roughly eight hours later, I had slept. Now, I had decided to actually wake up and see if I couldn't find out a bit more about what I was slowly becoming. However, when I looked over to where my new High Priestess was, I found out that she was still asleep. I sighed. So much for my questions to ask at this moment. So, I decided to look around the plane a bit more. Or about as much as the third floor, which was what I was on right now.

I got up to stretch a bit, and walked about the third floor of the plane for five minutes. I had to admit, this plane was a bit more luxurious than any of the Host Club's planes that I had been on. There was an arcade room, at least three bedrooms that had en suite bathrooms that included Jacuzzi tubs and marble counter tops in each one, a kitchen with everything being state of the art. Even the attendants on the plane were all very professional. The phrase that ultimately flitted through my head, and it was often used to describe my friends in the Host Club as well, was 'damn rich bastards'.

Once I had returned from my small trip of touring the third floor, I noticed that the male vampyre who had came to mark me was sitting at a table. Perhaps I could ask him what this is all about? I'm sure he would know something about this. I thought to myself as I walked over to him.

"So, Erik-senpai, could you possibly tell me what in the blazes is going on? Why was I marked? Why do I have to come to Tulsa? What exactly is a vampyre?" I rambled on before I had to halt any other questions that probably could have spilled out of my mouth.

"You know, you probably could drop the senpai honorific. I know that you are probably accustomed to it, but you are coming to America, where we don't use that stuff. So, Erik will do just fine. As far as what I can tell you about what a vampyre is, I am afraid that you will have to wait until you are able to learn about that in class. Second, you had to come to Tulsa because the House of Night in Japan was full and nowhere near where you presently resided, though soon we hope to rectify that. We have more people from Japan coming in within the month, so we may have to open a new House of Night soon anyways. But my guess as to why you came to Tulsa's House of Night was due to your previous relationship with our High Priestess, Zoey. As for what is going on, you were marked by our Goddess, Nyx. Why? I don't know. Our Goddess must have her own motives for marking you as one of her own children. Does all of that satisfy you?" Erik responded. He had turned towards me while he was speaking.

"That does satisfy majority of my curiosity, thank you Erik. One last question. We have a school to attend?" I replied back once more.

"As much as it is hard to believe, Haruhi, even vampyres have to attend school. However the House of Night is a vampyre finishing school, which will mean that you will learn all about what it is to become a vampyre. Everyone starts out at a third former when they are newly marked. This is equivalent to what is known as a freshman in regular schools. When we get to our House of Night, I will have to give you our handbook." Zoey said while walking up to the duo.

"Thank you, Zoey. Or am I supposed to call you High Priestess?" I asked my former childhood friend.

"You can call me whichever you prefer. Also, you have the option to rename yourself as well if you want." Zoey smiled.

"Then, I shall continue to call you Zoey. As for my name, I would like to keep everything the same. Being called what I had been prior to my marking." I replied.

"Then you shall remain as Haruhi Fujioka. Nyx welcomes you." Zoey said with a giant grin on her face.

"High Priestess, I am terribly sorry to bother you at this time, but the plane is getting ready to make it's descent. We need to make a quick stop at the O'hare airport in Chicago in order to do a final maintenance check before we can arrive home. We are terribly sorry for this inconvenience, High Priestess." An attendant from the cockpit area came to bear the news. I noticed that she didn't look at anyone in the eyes. I had a feeling that she didn't want to be the bearer of this type of news. I saw Zoey nod before taking a seat somewhere, and the attendant left. Deciding to follow suit, I sat down in a chair that also happened to be nearby.

Twenty minutes worth of descending and another ten minutes before they would allow us to get off the plane later, not to mention the whole fact that we had to spend five minutes covering up our tattoos with some weird foundation stuff, was I finally able to get off the plane. I looked around very briefly. It was crowded, but that didn't matter really. However, the one thing that really felt off to me was the fact that I was in a new country. How had this happened unless I had a passport? I decided to ask Zoey about that too. "Zoey, can I ask you something?"

Zoey turned to look at me. "I thought that we went over this. You can ask me anything. Whether it is as a student talking to her High Priestess or mentor, or as a friend."

"I know that Zoey. This question only just came to me a moment ago. But, the question I was wondering how I got out of Japan if I don't have a passport?" I asked.

"You did have a passport when you and I were friends. However, by some awkward miracle, your passport landed with me and not with you. I don't know how. I was going to return it last year when I was originally going to plan a surprise visit, but then I had so much on my plate after I had been marked myself with the school and trying to defeat majority of the evil that was around that I didn't get that luxury. I was going to come for a visit this year, but then I read that you were getting marked yourself. So, that provided everything. Now, I believe this is what you wanted." Zoey finished while she handed me a passport. It had my dual citizenship papers inside. I took it with acceptance. Shortly after that, I knew that I had to make a phone call to a certain Shadow King.


Kyoya's POV

It had already been a full day since Haruhi had left the club, regardless of how much she still owed on her debt. Not that I could do anything about that particular cause. If she ever came back, she would be owing more than that though. I had long ago figured out that I had feelings for the certain female host, yet I was unsure how I was going to exactly declare myself to her. I knew that a couple of my friends also had feelings for the female host, but whenever an Ootori wanted something, he would get it.

Letting out a frustrated sigh, I went back to calculating the club's finances. We were losing money today since Haruhi was not here. Someone probably could have made up a story about how Haruhi wasn't feeling well, but no one ever did. It wasn't our problem after all. All I did tell Haruhi's customers was that he was currently unavailable for the time being. They were awfully disappointed and told me that they probably wouldn't be returning until our Natural Host was back. In any case, I wished that was soon. If only she would call.

By some strange coincidence when I thought that, my cell phone suddenly rang. I looked at the caller id. Haruhi. She had impeccable timing to where my thoughts were concerned. Grumbling slightly, I flipped open my phone to answer it. "Hello Haruhi. What is it that you need?"

"Kyoya-senpai! I am so glad I caught you now rather than later. However, I am only phoning really quick to apologize. I don't have a whole lot of time, since I have to get back on the plane again in the next five minutes." Haruhi said in a bit of a rush.

"Apologize for what?" I tried to play dumb a bit, but I did have a feeling I knew what was coming.

"For having to leave you guys at such short notice. I am not sure what exactly has happened or why all of this did happen to me. However, for the time being, would you mind telling my customers that I had to take a trip in order to take care of a few family members for me please?" Haruhi asked, once again in a semi-rush.

"I can do that, but it will cost you more onto your debt. You do realize that? Without you here, our figures have dropped. Both in terms of customers as well as profit." I smirked.

"Senpai, I don't care if you add it to my debt. I don't know if I am going to be attending school in Tulsa for the next four years or if I will be able to leave earlier and come back to Japan. Anyways, I have to get back on the plane to make it the rest of the journey. Make sure the others in the club behave and take care of themselves. You are also included, since I know how much you like to work. Good bye senpai." Haruhi stated before she hung up the phone.

'At least she wanted to talk to me and not anyone else.' I thought with a smirk.

"Kyo-chan, who was that on the phone?" Honey bounced up to me.

"That was Haruhi. She wanted me to try to tell her customers that she was just going on a small trip to take care of some family. Wished I had known that earlier than now though, as her guests have already left." I sighed.

"It's ok Kyo-chan. If anything, you could find a few of them tomorrow. I know that a couple of them are third graders so Takashi and I can tell those ones. The twins probably could tell those that are in their class for you as well. So, that would make your job a bit easier, as all you would have to do is tell the ones in yours and Tama-chan's class. Ok? Did Haru-chan say anything else?" Honey's loli-shota personality was in place when he had asked the last question. He was a bit eager as well as to what else our female host had said.

Kyoya couldn't resist the eyes that Honey had, which lead to the Shadow King telling the extra bit. "She did tell us to take care of ourselves while she isn't here. She doesn't know if it will be the full four years or if she'll be able to come back earlier. I had a faint idea that she wanted to tell me more, but she had to leave after giving me that message."

"I hope that Haru-chan can come back earlier. Or, if we can go there to visit her sometime. Right, Takaahi?" Honey stated, while asking his cousin.

"Ah." Came the mono syllable response from the taller cousin. Unfortunately, the idiotic blond Host Club king had taken that time to dismiss his own guests for the day, and had only caught the last bit of what our small senior student had said.

"Mon ami! Why didn't you say something about making plans to go see our daughter sooner?! Since club time is officially over now, we will have an emergency meeting to discuss Operation: Visit Haruhi in America!" Tamaki stated boldly in a half screech in my ears. I sighed. I hoped I could delay this trip until next weekend. My father had plans for this weekend that involved the whole family.

"Tamaki, we will have to postpone the meeting until Monday. I am required to be at home as quickly as possibly tonight, as my father has plans for the family all weekend. I do not dare defy his orders. You three are not to do anything until we convene on Monday!" I barked out before I grabbed my bag and walked out the door. On the way, I called a trusted maid to ask if she could clean the club room for me. She was willing to do so. I told her that I would be arriving home shortly where I would give her my key in order to lock up later.


Haruhi's POV (again)

We had finally arrived to our final destination, the Tulsa House of Night. It looked like an ancient castle, but then again it was something like that. As I had been told on the way from Chicago to Tulsa. Zoey had always been kind to me when we had lived around the same area of Broken Arrow before I had moved about three years ago. So, it really wasn't that surprising when Zoey started to lead me around the school. She was saying how she wished that her mentor had actually taken the time to show her each of the classrooms she would be using before her classes had actually began the following day.

Each room was remotely similar to the previous ones. Their contents were just slightly different. Candles for a Spells and Rituals in one room. In another, various books about famous plays, though the ones that really caught my eyes were all the Shakespearean ones. They had all sorts of different books, like MacBeth, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night, and Julius Caesar. It took a lot of will to tear myself away from just picking up one of those books and reading it.

A few more rooms, and a different set of items in each room were viewed as well. Finally, we reached another room. I thought that it would be just another classroom, but when Zoey opened the door, it was void of all desks. From my memory, I recalled that it resembled a lot like the dojo that my two senpai-tachi's (who I was starting to miss already) used for kendo and karate. There were mats down all across the room. A mirror lined the wall that ran flush with the door. But, aside from that, it didn't have anything else out of the ordinary. Well, except for the lack of students in the room.

"As all vampyres, students or adults, are required to do some sort of physical exercise, this is one of our most common forms. Of course, you are broken up according to your years of course. Fencing, as this exercise is often called, is lead by our lead fencing instructor Dragon Lankford." Zoey said. However, no sooner had she said the name, was the gentleman there in front of us. How did he do that?!