Chapter 13: Halloween Special—Scarlet Romance

"So Hikari, what's the Host Club's plan for Halloween?" Natasha asked with delight.

"I'm not sure yet. Kyouya-senpai and Tamaki-senapi are going to announce it today." Hikari replied. She was staring out the window, nibbling on her blueberry muffin. Natasha giggled.

"I remember when Kyouya dressed up for Halloween for the first time. He looked so cute!" Hikari looked in the rear-view mirror.

"Kyouya-senpai dressed up for Halloween? That can't be true," Hikari said in disbelief. Natasha shook her head.

"I believed that he dressed up as a little werewolf. He tried to cover himself up with fur and he had to use cat ears instead of dog ones because it was the only pair he could find on such short a notice." Hikari thought about Kyouya dressing up like a werewolf. She imagined him as a wolf with glasses and an Ouran uniform. Hikari couldn't restrain herself from laughing.

The thought haunted her throughout the day, and when she saw Kyouya in the hallway, she would turn away biting her lips together to keep from laughing. She had a feeling that Kyouya wasn't so pleased with her actions of turning her head away from his presence, but she believed that it was better than laughing in his face.

"May I inquire to ask what indulges you to turn your head from me every time I see you?" He bluntly asked when Hikari entered the Host Club room. She bit the sides of her cheeks and avoided eye contact.

"Well," she began to say while trying to think of a lie so that he wouldn't do anything to Natasha. Unfortunately, Kyouya's glare pressured her into telling the truth.

"Natasha sorta told me about how you dressed up as a werewolf when you were younger, and-" Hikari noticed that Kyouya was beginning to become upset and embarrassed with the memory and began to dial ruthlessly on his phone. Hikari saw his plan and snatch the phone out of his hands.

"Please don't do anything stupid, Kyouya-senpai. It was my fault. I asked her about it," she lied. Kyouya glared at her and then at the phone she held hostage.

"Fine," he said adjusting his glasses, "Just give me my phone back." Hikari hesitated and looked into his dark eyes.

"What's my price?" she asked. Kyouya's expression didn't change, but there was a pause before he answered.

"Price?" he repeated, "There's no price. What on earth are you talking about?" He grabbed the phone out of Hikari's hand and dialed a number.

"It's me, I was wondering if you could help our club for our Halloween special…of course you'd be able to come with her…alright. Then I'll call you later and give you details…I love you too. Bye" Kyouya hung up the phone and gave Hikari an evil smirk.

Uh-oh, Hikari thought.

"Natasha is going to help us with our costumes and displays," he said, "I hope you don't mind." Hikari slowly exhaled in relief.

"Well, it's not my first choice, but I'll accept it as punishment."

"Excellent." Hikari took out her phone and began to dial Haruhi's cell phone number.

"Hikari," Kyouya interrupted, "Where do you keep your writing books?" Hikari hesitated in her answer.

"Why do you need to know?" she asked.

"If you think that I'm going to blackmail you, I won't. Natasha would kill me if I did something like that to you," Kyouya answered. He does have a point there, she thought.

"They're in the back of my closet, in the back of my sink cupboard, my desk at school, in the back of this room, in-"

"Are your books anywhere else in the house besides your room?" Kyouya interrupted. Hikari shook her head.

"I don't hide my notebooks outside of my room except here at school."

"Is it possible that you could bring your notebooks here?" Kyouya asked. Hikari gave Kyouya a questioning look.

"Is there any particular reason that you want to know?" she responded.

"Considering the fact that the Zuka Club was able to get your notebooks that easily made me think about how the Niwazaki family could get their hands on it too." This thought never really occurred to Hikari. She had always thought that Yuuji and Kira would never dare to enter her bedroom without her being in there to be yelled at in some form.

"You don't think that they would search for my notebooks, do you?"

"It's quite possible considering been happening recently with your stories going around," Kyouya pointed out.

"Okay, I'll move them, but to where?"

"Bring you're notebooks to you're new home!" Hikari and Kyouya turned to see Tamaki at the front the room with open arms. Sparkles seemed to have surrounded his face as he wore his goofy smile.

"Senpai, could you please move out of the doorway?" Haruhi asked from behind. Tamaki took offence.

"Haruhi! How can you say such a thing?" Tamaki protested. Haruhi ignored his comment and walked in front of him towards Hikari and Kyouya.

"Is everything alright?" she asked.

"Yeah," Hikari replied, "Kyouya-senpai was just suggesting that I move my notebooks from my room to here in the host club."

"That actually might be a good idea," Haruhi said, "That way, you know that you notebooks are safe from the people you're hiding them from. "

"But how do I get them all over here? It'll be too obvious if I do it all at once," Hikari mentioned.

"Just do it in shifts," Kyouya suggested. "Natasha won't mind helping you out."

"Of course she wouldn't mind," Haruhi said, "Natasha's family."

"Then I guess it's settle then," Hikari said walking past them to get to her changing room.

"Wait, Hikari," Tamaki called out, "Don't you want to know what we're doing for our Host Club Halloween special?"

"I think I already know," Hikari answered. Tamaki's mouth dropped open and his eyes showed total shock. Immediately, he went into his corner.

"Tamaki-senpai," Haruhi said with pity, "Hikari reads a lot of books and she knows what creatures most of the girls are into."

"Actually, Tono, it's pretty obvious what the outcome might be." Hikari turned around and saw the twins entering the room. They, as usual, spoke in unison.

"Girls nowadays"

"prefer two creatures that are against each other in most myths."

"Basically meaning,"

"Werewolves and Vampires!" screamed a feminine voice. The ground began to shake and part as Renge began to rise again on her spinning platform. Hikari began to look around frantically for a hiding spot, but Renge's platform stopped with her facing Hikari. Crap, what am I gonna do?

"It's been a tradition passed down through centuries of story telling that werewolves and vampires are never to coexist together," she began. Hikari quickly saw a rubber band on a food cart near her.

"Werewolves are told to be more violent and emotional than vampires, who tend to act as cold as their non-beating hearts." She quickly grabbed it and tied her hair in ponytail, accidentally pulling her own hair out, so as to look like Hiroki.

"I know. We should have Hiroki-kun write up some new vampire werewolf tales about…" Renge's eyes fell upon Hikari. "Oh…my…" The twins suddenly stood in front of Renge swinging their arms around.

"Renge-kun, it's not what you think," Kaoru explained.

"Yeah, this isn't what you think it is," Hikaru emphasized, but Renge didn't listen.. She pushed the twins out of her way and approached Hikari.

"P-please don't look at me like that," Hikari said in a deep voice that belonged to Hiroki, "Many of the Moe girls asked my if I could wear the girls uniform for a cosplay, so I did it. I was about to take it off, but…" Hikari blushed from embarrassment. Renge stared at her with stars in her eyes.

"Hiroki-kun…" she said longingly, "I understand. I will keep this cosplay a secret. It's just too powerful. You actually look like a girl! I'm so pleased that I will eat three bowls of rice today!" She squealed with the thought of Hikari looking completely like a girl (which she was). Well at least she didn't figure out who I was, she thought gladly. Renge's platform began to lower itself into the ground and she disappeared.

"So we're gonna be vampires again?" Honey asked breaking the silence. "Can Usa-chan be a were-rabbit though?" Tamaki didn't answer. He couldn't because he was still recovering from the shock of Hikari improvising quickly to cover up her identity from their manager.

"That was quick thinking there, Hikari," Hikaru said. Hikari nodded in relief while trying to pull the rubber band out of her tangled hair.

"Here, let me help," Hikaru offered. Hikari didn't have time to respond. Hikaru began to gently take out the painful rubber band out of her hair. "There you go."

"Thanks, Hikaru," Hikari said in total shock. Hikaru smiled in return. Suddenly, Hikari's heart beat picked up. He's never smiled like that before, she thought to herself. His smile was gentle compared to his smirks and grins. It reflected what Hikari saw in his eyes. The gold shining brightly, showing an emotion that she never thought she'd see in a guy like him. Clapping hands drew her attention away.

"Now now, we can't be slacking around when there's a Halloween special to prepare," Yumi said as she entered the room. She was wearing the Ouran male uniform with her black hair down striking an exotic pose. Hikari and Haruhi looked over at Kaoru who was speechless in her presence.

"Mimi-chan, why are you wearing our uniform?" Honey asked. Yumi held up a peace sign.

"Since both Hikari-chan and Haruhi-chan are disguising themselves as guys, I thought that I should too!" Everyone fell silent. "Just kidding. I just wanted to see what I'd look like in the Ouran uniform." Honey jumped up and down with joy.

"Mimi-chan looks super cute!" he said. Yumi struck another pose.

"You think? Maybe for this Halloween I'll be an Ouran student."

"Like that'll ever happen." Hikari and Haruhi looked over in Hikaru's direction. His arms were folded across his chest and he showed a displeased look on his face. Yumi loosened her pose and placed a hand on her hip.

"Why do you think I can't? It's Halloween. You can be anything you want on Halloween."

"Well, you just can't," Hikaru spat back, "We already have enough girls cross-dressing as guys in here. If any more came, then the Host Club wouldn't be what it used to be." The three girls just stood there in total shock. Hikari felt her heart stopping for a moment, surprised about the words that came out of his voice.

"Hikaru, that's going too far," Kaoru said with a tint of anger. Hikaru avoided eye contact. "Why are saying such horrible things?"

"It's just the truth," Hikaru replied.

"No it isn't," Kaoru said, "You've been acted cold towards Yumi ever since we met her over the summer. Don't deny it because I've seen you glaring her and acting stubborn when she makes suggestions. Why? Why Hikaru?" Hikaru didn't answer. Instead, he just stared down at the floor; his auburn hair falling in front of his eyes so Hikari couldn't see them. After a minute's pause, Hikaru stomped his way towards the door.

"Do what you want. I don't care," he said and slammed the doors shut. The only sound that was heard in the room after Hikaru's disappearance was the scribbling sound of Kyouya writing down notes in his notebook.

"I'm sorry that he said that you to," Kaoru said to Yumi, "To all of you. I'm sure he doesn't mean it."

"Kaoru," Hikari began. She wanted to say, "It's just that Hikaru is jealous of Yumi", but she knew that it would put Kaoru's and Yumi's friendship on the line if that wasn't the case. Instead, Haruhi finished the sentence.

"Are you sure that Hikaru didn't mean what he said?" Kaoru gave a week smile and nodded.

"Hikaru may be stubborn, but he would never do anything to hurt the people he cares about on purpose." He looked over at Yumi. "Can I make this up to you by buying you ice cream after our club ends?" Yumi stared at him before nodding her head with a smile.

The Host Club is now Open

It was odd opening the host club without Hikaru there. Kaoru acted exceptionally well in is absence; acting scared, alternating between a girlish and boyish character, and very friendly with the ladies at his table. Yumi stayed over in the back room working with Natasha, on the phone, about the Halloween special.

"Hiroki-kun. Hiroki-kun," Said one of the girls at his table, "What will the Host Club be doing this Halloween?"

"I will refrain from saying any secrets, princess. Our king does not wish that our Halloween special is announced before the big night." The girls sighed in unison and they stared at Hiroki's beauty.

"Do you have any scary tales for us this week?" another one asked.

"I wasn't sure if you wanted some. But if that's your wish, then I shall grant it." He took out his notepad (different for Hikari's notebook) and pencil and prepared himself to take orders. "Is there anything you want in particular?" Before the girls began to speak, Kyouya approached their table.

"I'm extremely sorry, my ladies, however, Hiroki is unable to give out any stories because he might give away hints about our Halloween special," he said.

"Awww, that's too bad," the girls said together.

"Yes, that's really too bad," Hiroki said under his breath.

The Host Club is Now Closed

Later that Evening

Hikari was organizing her notebook about which ones she will take where and when. She had a secret list with the whereabouts of each notebook and what they all carried. A knock on her balcony window made her jump with fright, thinking that it was a knock at her bedroom door. When she looked out, she saw a familiar figure with auburn hair leaning over her balcony.

Hikaru? She thought, No…Hikaru usually hides in the tree. Hikari opened the door and said, "Kaoru?" Kaoru turned around and smiled.

"Yo, Sorry to disturb you," he said.

"Not at all. Is there anything I can do for you?" Kaoru looked up at the night sky and shrugged.

"Well, I don't think you can help, but I do have a question." Hikari raised herself to sit on the thick, cemented railing of her balcony and placed her arm on her thighs, leaning over with curiosity.

"Does Yumi ever talk about me?" he asked quietly.

"Is there any reason why you're asking?" Hikari said with a little smirk.

"Well…it's just that…I think that I like her…a lot, and I asked her out over the summer, but more as a 'lets hang out for a while before we date' kind of vibe. But now I want to move forward and see if she feels the same way too."

"Have you been hanging out with her?" Hikari asked.

"We've been hanging out every Sunday," he answered nostalgically. Hikari noticed that Kaoru really was different from Hikaru. She couldn't believe that he was the younger twin. His eyes were looking on his dates with Yumi and his smile was remembering every time she laughed. Kaoru really likes Yumi.

"Has she indicated anything about liking you more than a friend?" Hikari asked.

"That's the thing: I have no idea what she's thinking," he answered. "There are moments when it feels like she likes me that way, but then there're moments when she treats me more as a brother than a friend." He leaned over the balcony with his arms dangling over the railing.

"And when Hikaru said those things to her…" Hikari straightened herself up, remembering those painful words that he mentioned. "We already have enough girls cross-dressing as guys in here." She gnawed on her lower lip trying to forget that he ever said such a thing.

"You know," Kaoru said bringing Hikari out of her thoughts, "When Hikaru started liking you, I got pretty jealous." Hikari drew a quick breath.

"Really?" she asked. Kaoru nodded.

"At first, I was jealous of Haruhi, but then I prepared myself for Hikaru to have the guts to confess his feeling to Haruhi, and for the two of them to get together. But when I saw the way Tono and she were dancing at the cultural fest last year, I knew that she wanted him and not Hikaru." Hikari's heart began to ache. That's right, she thought, Hikaru used to like Haruhi…Everyone used to like her a lot.

"What was Hikaru's reaction? To Haruhi's decision, I mean."

"Hikaru said very little and acted like his heart was broken," Kaoru answered, "He never told Haruhi that he liked her in some way. She was the first to tell us a part and she was the first to make Hikaru want to take care of someone other than me. He felt that he couldn't ruin her happiness with the news that he liked her." Hikari's heart began to throb against her chest. The feeling of running under her bed was taking over her mind, but her body refused to move.

"Do you think he's over Haruhi?" Hikari asked in a shaky voice. Kaoru looked at her and smiled.

"Completely. Once the new school year started, he was back to normal and it was like nothing happened to him." He chuckled, "And then you came along."

"What?"

"When Hikaru first saw you, he just thought that you were a cute girl that he could play with," Kaoru said, "But then as time passed, he began to see that you were not an ordinary girl. Remember when he got really angry at you for telling us apart?" Hikari nodded. "Well, after you slapped Kyouya-senpai and talked about your past, Hikaru felt really bad. That's why he came over to drop off your things."

"I never realized that," Hikari said in total shock. Kaoru laughed.

"Hikaru isn't really good at expressing his feelings, as I mentioned before. But he really tried his hardest to not scare you away and to not lose you." Kaoru approached Hikari and whispered, "He also mentioned all of the times he kissed you." Hikari jumped off the railing and buried her face in her hands from embarrassment. Kaoru laughed again.

"I'm just kidding, but he did tell me about three things: When he kissed your neck, his first kiss, and…" He stopped short lost in thought.

"What? What else?" Hikari asked.

"Well, it's a secret, so you're going to have to wait. Let's just say that you didn't get it yet." Hikari began to pout.

"But that being the point," He grabbed Hikari's hands and smiled his friendly smile. "Please don't take what Hikaru said personally. He really does like you. He talks about you constantly and can't wait to see you everyday. Please forgive him?"

"I'll forgive him when Hikaru apologizes himself," Hikari said.

"Fair enough."

"But enough about your brother and me, let's move onto you and Yumi." Kaoru blushed. "Hikaru is just really jealous, Kaoru. And you said so yourself: He's just really jealous of Yumi taking his precious twin brother away. He's probably just scared."

"Yeah," Kaoru said, "You know what? I'm going to ask her out properly."

"Properly?" Hikari repeated. Kaoru nodded.

"I'm going to confess my feeling to her. And if she rejects me, I will accept defeat and find romance elsewhere."

"Wow, you decide things really quickly," Hikari said.

"That may be true. But at least Hikaru can learn a few things from me about how to be respectful to a lady," Kaoru replied with a wink. Hikari giggled.

"Good luck!" she said. Kaoru then left and Hikari went back to her notebooks. A new emotion began to stir inside of her. It wasn't painful or sickening, but rather joyful and giddy. The only thought that flowed through her mind was everything Kaoru had said and her moments with Hikaru. Her heart beat grew louder in her ears as her cheeks began to fluster with a rosy color. What is this feeling? She asked herself. She picked up a notebook that was filled with different emotion and began to write. When she finished writing down her descriptions, she ended with, "Could it be…that this is…love?" Hikari shook her head at that thought.

Knocking at her bedroom door made her jump. She threw her notebooks in her closet next to her desk as quickly as she could. Once she was done, she took a deep breath.

"Come in," she said. Yuuji entered her room without any sign of his wife. She hated it when Yuuji was alone. She always received uncomfortable vibes from him.

"It took you a while to allow me to enter," he said, "Are you hiding something?" he asked. Hikari shook her head and look straight at him.

"You took away my happiness. There's nothing to hide," she replied. Yuuji made a proud smile.

"Writing little fictional stories is such a waste," he said, "There's no career that could allow you to live off of some silly writing." He slowly began to walk towards her, making little detours around the room. Hikari's gut told her two things: To stay away form him and to keep him away from her books. She swiftly walked by him towards her balcony door and opened it.

"If you're done critiquing my passion, you can find your way out of my room," she said.

"Did you pay for this room?" he asked. Hikari bit her tongue and didn't answer. "You are under my house and my rules and you will do what ever I say."

"Too bad, though. I'm a 'crazy adolescence ', which you two define as 'never listening to the parents'."

"That's true, especially since you're from a poor, dirty family." Hikari turned her head and glared at him.

"Never bring up my family. You're mouth and voice is too dirty to speak of their presence."

"You're a devilish girl, aren't you," he said. Hikari shrugged. I am dating a devilish boy, after all. "Then how about this: I can let you buy your room if you do one small thing for me."

"I refuse," Hikari said, "I don't do things for people who are worried about their reputation." She began to feel anger coming from Yuuji.

"You ungrateful little…" He wouldn't finish his sentence. Instead, he cornered Hikari against her balcony door and lifted her chin. She moved her head as close to the window as she could to try and avoid the smell of brandy coming from his mouth.

"We both know that you're hiding something and Kira and I will do anything to figure it out."

"You've been drinking too much brandy again. What, did you lose a-" A loud sound echoed in Hikari's ears. A sudden shot of hot pain rushed through her right cheek and she found herself on all fours on the floor. Red droplets began to fall staining the whiteness of the soft carpet. Yuuji pulled out a handkerchief and rubbed his golden ring. Hikari turned around and saw that the golden spikes that held a red jewel were now stained scarlet.

"You should know your place in the world and in this house. We should have punished you years ago." And with that, he left Hikari alone in her room.

Her body was trembling as she stared at the stained carpet. All of the nerves in her body turned off, making her feel nothing physically or mentally. She just froze like a statue.

"HIKARI!"

Hikari heard a click in her mind and suddenly began to pant, realizing that she had been holding her breath. She slowly stood up, leaning on the wall for support. Colorful dots filled her eyes as she saw her room beginning to spin. I guess that's what happens when you hold your breath, Hikari thought, trying to make the situation not as serious as it needs to be. She walked over towards the balcony door and saw Hikaru lifting his leg, ready to break the glass.

"Don't do it, Hikaru. You'll cause more problems," she heard someone say. She squinted her eyes and saw Kaoru holding Hikaru back.

"Let me go, Kaoru!" Hikaru shouted. Hikari quickly tried to open the door, but her shaky hands only slowed the process down. Finally, she unlocked her door and ran outside.

"Hikaru, calm down!" Kaoru yelled.

"I'm gonna kill that guy if it's the last thing I do!"

"Umm…" Hikari said. The sound of her voice made the twins stop arguing with each other. "Why are you guys here?" Kaoru let Hikaru go.

"I was couching Hikaru to come see you, but…" His voice trialed off in thought as Hikaru cupped Hikari's face. He traced his finger over her right side of her face, which made Hikari wince with pain.

"I saw you," he said, "I saw that guy slap you with the back of his hand. That ring caught my eye the moment he raised his hand." Hikari touch her cut. Blood was trickling down her finger as she traced over it.

"That's right," she said, remembering the conversation she had with Yuuji. "I made him mad and then he…" She shrugged. "I guess I was asking for it since I was sort of mocking him." Hikaru grabbed her shoulders tightly, forcing her to look into his golden hazelish eyes.

"Don't say that," he said, "He was waiting to do that. I can feel it. He was waiting for the moment to slap you." A hand landed on Hikaru's shoulder, which drew his eyes away from Hikari's eyes.

"Hikaru," Kaoru said, "Let's take her to our place. She's in no condition to stay here." Without another word, Kaoru entered her room and began to pack all of her writing notebooks. Hikaru was about to help him, but stopped in the doorway.

"Pack you're clothes. I don't want you living with these people anymore." Hikari just stood there. "And," he said, "I'm sorry about what I said earlier. I was just…"

"Jealous," Hikari finished. Hikaru hesitated before nodding. She smiled and hugged Hikaru.

"You really are like a child sometimes," she said. Hikaru chuckled.

"Come on," he said, "Start packing."

Next day after school

The entire Host club was speechless when Hikari finished her tale. The only sound that was heard was the sniffling of Honey.

"Poor Hiri-chan," he sobbed. He ran over and hugged her. "If you ever want to borrow Usa-chan you can!"

"It's alright," Hikari said, "Really. I'm alright."

"But I agree with Hikaru," Haruhi said, "You shouldn't be living with people that hit you."

"I know that, but the legal documents says that-"

"Those documents can be changed," Haruhi protested. She looked over at Tamaki.

"Senapi, can't your father do something to keep the Niwazaki's off the school premises?" Tamaki thought about it before answering.

"He might, but he's in no condition to listen to me." Hikari could tell that Haruhi was becoming angrier by the second.

"Then I'll talk to him." This caught Tamaki's full attention. He was even shocked by what she said.

"Haruhi," Tamaki said, "You know as well as I do about what my father thinks of you."

"I know," Haruhi said with bitterness, "But we can't just let those people come after Hikari." Tamaki closed his eyes in thought.

"Alright," he said, "But…" he opened his eyes. Hikari saw a character change in him. She saw something that didn't seem like Tamaki at all. It was a look that expressed his made-up mind. "I'm going with you." Haruhi's eyes widen by his answer.

"My father will try to win you over rather than letting me have you." Hikari first thought that Tamaki was joking, but she noticed that he was completely serious. She looked over at Haruhi, who just stared at him with admiration in her eyes.

"Fine," she said. She stood up and extended her hand towards him. He smiled and gladly grabbed it. As they began to exit, Tamaki stopped and slightly turned his head towards Hikari.

"I hope," he said, "that you can tell us what happened to you six years ago. We're a family." He smiled, "And family helps each other out." He and Haruhi then left the room.

"Could Tamaki's father really keep the Niwazaki's off campus?" Hikari asked. Kyouya adjusted his glasses.

"He has a lot of power of this school. So it's most probable."

"Good," Hikari said with a smile. She felt that the atmosphere of the club was becoming very tense and serious. Shifting in her seat and looking around the club room didn't help her shake off the feeling at all. Finally, she leaned back and looked over at Kaoru.

"I guess that visit you made last night was wasted," she said. No one seemed to understand what she meant except Kaoru.

"Huh?" Hikaru said, "What are you talking about, Hikari?" Hikari smiled.

"It's not my story to tell." Hikaru began to pout while Hikari looked over at Kaoru. He looked at the floor and began to blush a pink color on his cheeks.

"Kaoru," Yumi said, "Is everything alright?" He looked at her and turned completely red.

"Yes! Well, no…but…well…umm…" He looked at Hikari for support, but she offered none.

"Fine!" he said. He stood up and faced Yumi, gently taking her left hand and lowering down on one knee. Hikari bit her tongue. You don't have to act like you're going to ask her to marry you, she thought.

"From the moment I met you," he began, "I knew that there was something special about you. As time passed and I began to know you better and better to a point when my feelings for grew stronger." Yumi placed her free hand over her mouth as her eyes began to grow with surprise.

"Kayume Yumi-hime, Will you be my girlfriend?" Honey and Hikaru screamed with shock while Mori and Kyouya remained emotionless. Hikari bit her lips together, waiting for Yumi's response. Yumi dropped her free hand and began to look serious.

"Hitachiin Kaoru," she said in a serious tone, "I'd be happy to be your girlfriend." Kaoru smiled and she flew into his arms. Hikari smiled and clapped for the new couple.

"WHAT'S THIS!" The club looked and saw Tamaki pointing at the couple and then at Haruhi, "Mother, our son and daughter are now together?!" Haruhi sighed.

"Since when did Yumi become a daughter?" she asked, "She's not part of the club." She suddenly froze, realizing what she said. "WHY ARE YOU CALLING ME MOTHER!?" Tamaki scrunched down to the floor and began to draw little circles with his finger.

"I guess this family just keeps on getting bigger and bigger," Kyouya said with a smirk. Hikaru wrapped his arm around Hikari, pulling her in close.

"Did you find your father, Tono?" he asked.

"No," Haruhi answered, "We left a message and he'll get back to us." She walked over to Hikari and sat next to her.

"Don't worry," she said, "We're going to get you out of that house."

"And until that day," Tamaki said in full recovery, "We will protect you like the knights you write about in your stories." Hikari looked at each of the members of the club and smiled.

"You're right," she said, "I've got a family right here."

"ALRIGHT!" Yumi screamed, "Let's start to prepare the Halloween special with a new passion in our hearts!" Everyone raised their fists in the air and ran into the back room.

As they ran, Kyouya's cell phone rang.

"How is she?" Asked the voice at the other end.

"She's fine, Natasha," he answered, "I guess the Niwazaki's started their plan."

"I can't believe that they'd do this. Just because people are saying that she's in the host club, they're trying to make her look like a bad kid."

"Business is a dangerous sport," Kyouya repeated, "If there's a business that has a family, everyone has to act accordingly. Hikari will never meet with their requirements."

"Are you sure there's nothing we can do?" Natasha asked desperately.

"No, I'm not sure," He answered, "but so far, there's nothing we can do." He looked at the club members planning for the event and saw Hikari's smiling face.

"Shipping a child to the other side of the globe is just horrible!" Natasha screamed. Kyouya leaned against a pillar.

"It is," he said, "It is."