Today
The message came in earlier that day. When Hunni read it, fear ran down his spine like ice. Every lead they had on this guy was just dead end after dead end. The flowers that had been sent to Haruhi had been sent by a man in Osaka with a stolen identity. As far as the investigators could tell, the only thing that had been bought with the stolen identity were the flowers. There was no doubt this man was a genius, he was just showing off.
Hunni wasn't looking forward to spending the day within the sight of guards, but he knew it was the only thing he could do to stay alive. Mori was staying with him until the threat was over.
"Takashi I'm worried." He said to his cousin, "What happens if he fails to kill me, will he take it out on someone unprepared? What if he goes strait to Kao-chan? Or Haru-chan because she doesn't know anything about this."
"Don't be worried." Mori said, attempting to assuage his fears, but he was scared as well. What would happen if the killer failed to kill Hunni? That might make him desperate and make a move without planning first. "Eat your food." he pointed at the plate of food from the kitchen, which was surprisingly sweet-free.
"I'm not hungry." he said, glancing at the food, "What is that?"
"Sashimi."
"Okay." Hunni started to eat. Sometimes he sore the cooks in their kitchen made the best sashimi in all of Japan. When he was done eating he leaned back, scrunching his eyebrows together, the cooks sashimi had never given him nausea before. A headache was forming in his temple as well and his concern was growing, "Takashi, something's wrong."
"Mitsukuni?" Mori jumped to his cousins side, feeling his forehead.
"I've never felt like this before." He tried to stand up but he had to sit back down because the room spun around him. His mouth felt numb too, what else would go wrong, "My mouth is numb."
"Hospital." Mori ran to get Hunni's father.
As Hunni sat in the chair waiting for Mori to get back, he started to breathe heavy as if something was compressing his lungs so he couldn't breathe. A numbness was spreading through his body and he found that he couldn't move at all.
"What did the doctor say?" Tamaki asked looking down at the small Host Club member.
"Tetrodotoxin, the neurotoxin in Fugu." Mori said.
"But Fugu poisoning only happens when the food isn't prepared correctly."
"The cook is devastated, she doesn't know how it happened. She's in the process of interrogating her entire staff." Chika said, "If he makes it through the next twenty-four hours then he'll live, but only 80% of people who get tetrodotoxin in their systems live."
Tamaki took a seat in one of the empty chairs, "So we can't do anything but sit and wait?" Everyone nodded. This was almost as bad as when Kyouya died. Then, it had been a sudden shock, but this time they had to sit and watch Hunni die.
Hunni's parents came back in with a nurse, "Immediate family only please." she informed them.
Tamaki and Mori got up and left the room to wait in the waiting room. "I called and told Kaoru what happened, they should be here soon." Tamaki said.
A few minutes later Hikaru ran into the waiting room, "Where's Hunni-sempai? How is he doing?"
"Hikaru, where's Kaoru?"
He looked confused, "Kaoru called me and told me, said he would be here. He went to pick up Haruhi."
"I thought we decided to keep Haruhi out of this murder stuff." Tamaki said.
"Kaoru said that Haruhi needed to know Hunni-sempai was in the hospital, we don't have to tell her it was might be murder."
"So they are together?" Mori asked and Hikaru nodded, "They are third and fourth."
Hikaru's eyes widened, "He might try to take them out in one shot." he quickly dialed his brother's number, but no one answered; it was the same for Haruhi's. "They're not answering. We have to go find them or they'll be dead for sure."
"Who will be dead for sure?" Haruhi asked, walking into the emergency room with Kaoru.
"Why didn't you two answer your phones?"
Kaoru pulled his out, "It was on silent."
"I left mine at home." Haruhi admitted with a shrug, "How's Hunni-sempai?"
"We have to wait and see."
Haruhi sat down, "First Kyouya-sempai, and now Hunni-sempai's in the hospital, it's such an odd coincidence." she looked up at Tamaki, "But you don't think it's a coincidence, do you Tamaki-sempai."
The boys exchanged glances, then looked back at Haruhi. By the stubborn look on her face, there was no way they could lie to her. So they told her everything they suspected and knew about Kyouya's death and Hunni-sempai's poisoning. She listening, nothing showing on her face until the end when she realized that the flowers had been sent by the killer. "How long have you known, or suspected these things?"
"Hunni-sempai, Mori-sempai and I have known six days, Hikaru and Kaoru maybe five days."
"Why didn't you tel me?"
"We wanted you to keep your studies up and not worry about your life or our lives."
The room fell into silence, Haruhi knew their reasons were good, but it still hurt that they hadn't kept her in the loop. To think that she had been feeling guilty about Kyouya's death. Suddenly, that reminded her of the day she went to visit the grave and the man who had been there and the flowers he left. "I went to visit Kyouya-sempai's grave a few days ago, there was a man there putting flowers on the grave, I called out to him but he just walked away." They all stared at her. She had probably come within twenty feet of the killer, if that's who it had been, and not gotten killed. "Why do you think he would do that?"
"Kyouya-sempai would have an answer." Kaoru said, leaning back farther in his chair, "That's probably why he was killed first, he's the smartest of us all and the one who could recognize all the factors and catch him."
"But then what about the rest of the order? Is there a reason for that?" Tamaki asked.
"Well, you're probably last Tono because you're the king of the Host Club, Hunni and I are next because our deaths would impact Hikaru and Mori-sempai greatly. Hikaru, Mori-sempai and Haruhi's order might just be random. Maybe he drew them out of a hat."
"How is this important?" Hikaru asked.
"Think like the killer, catch the killer." Mori said.
Hikaru stood up and started pacing, "Then, why us? Why would he pick us?"
No one knew the answer to this one. They had never done anything deserving of this.
"What if, he was hired to do this?" Haruhi said, "Maybe one of us, or all of us, broke the heart of a girl and she wants revenge."
"This is a little far to go for revenge."
She shrugged, "Do you have a better idea?"
"Maybe it's a vendetta against rich people, or our families." Hikaru said.
"Haruhi." Mori reminded him.
"So it's just the Host Club." Tamaki concluded, "But that doesn't tell us why."
Hunni's father came into the waiting room, "I have to tell you all something."
Once again, I say HOLY CROW! In three chapters, this fic has gotten more reviews than my ten chapter fic. I dove headfirst into this and I'm so happy you all like it! After this I'm going to have to start giving general thank you's because if I personalize them I have the urge to give away secrets and that just won't do!
luckylyra827- Danke! You'll just have to wait and see about the killer!
Meganes Ulitmate Fangirl- More suspense! Haha, sorry. But thanks for reviewing!
Milky Mentos- Calm down rabid fangirl! Your review was defiantly my favorite, and thanks!
LadyMiki16- I would give you a tissue but. . . thanks for reviewing anyway!
WistyForeverAndTruly- Thanks for forgiving me! My lips are sealed about Kyouya (makes zipping motion and throws away the key)
GodsLilBookWorm- Just wait and see for the next chapter! Thanks for reviewing!
jas-chanxouran- I might write some more mysteries after this, I dunno yet. Thank you very much!
Skulduggery Skellington- He might have been, he might not have been, we don't know.
Spider9x- We do need more mysteries. . . a little later in the story I might give some more hints and whatnot, maybe even a chapter, I don't know
Eileena of Idreal- YES! You used the word EPIC! Thank you very much!
pinkcutie1102- I killed Kyouya for the reasons Kaoru said, he's the smartest. Thanks a bunch for reviewing!
I'll update as soon as I can, I try to keep two chapters ahead of myself to so you guys don't have to wait as long for chapters.
I have a little poll up on my profile, because I'm curious to know if you guys think Kyouya is dead or not.
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~Cloudy