Alright... It's way later than I expected, and way shorter than I wanted, but here's chapter 4! I hope y'all enjoy it.
OH! And thank you to A. A. Enchanted Crystal Blade, Delfhin, FaithfulAizen, Ghostblossom, Jadey93, StarWarsGirl2000, animefan393939, coden onodera, littletegery, nekogirl303, pinkdog16, ravenclawoutcast13, and salenawolf101 for following!
Also... I haven't said this before... but I don't own Ouran High School Host Club, OR Fruits Basket, even though I would love to.
Alright! Hope you like this chapter!
When Ranka opened the door, he was almost run over by 5 anxious hosts, eager to get inside and learn about where Haruhi was. Luckily for Ranka, Mori was there to help him back up and apologise for the rest of the host club's entrance. Kyoya also stopped to speak with Ranka.
"Thank you, Ranka, for allowing us to come. Are you sure you want to share whatever information you have with us?" Ranka nodded, and they all walked into one of the rooms and sat down. Tamaki was currently sitting in one part of the room, bawling his eyes out, wailing something about her not telling them and wanting Haruhi to come back. Kyoya looked at him, confusion evident in his eyes. The rest of the hosts were being unusually quiet, so Ranka sighed and began to speak.
"You all are here because of Haruhi, correct?" The hosts nodded and he continued.
"There's one thing you need to know first before I continue. She is not… a Fujioka, biologically speaking. I don't know who her real parents are, but I have known her since she was 4 years old. She was put into my care two years ago… by Akito Sohma." The club froze as those two words were spoken, and everybody's eyes turned to Ranka.
"Sohma? Haruhi was a part of the Sohmas?" Tamaki spluttered. Although the Sohma's didn't have as much money as some of the other more powerful families, they did have a lot of influence over Japan. Kyoya had heard his father and brothers muttering about the Sohma's more than once, about all the trouble they had caused for them.
Ranka nodded and continued. "Yes, Haruhi Fujioka is in actuality, Haruhi Sohma. Apparently Akito couldn't stand her being around anymore, and gave her to me."
"Does Haruhi know about this?" Kaoru questioned. Ranka nodded again. "Yes, but she was told by Akito not to let anyone know." Hikaru frowned at this, and Kaoru glanced at him, concerned he would get upset.
"Where can we find her?" Honey spoke up quietly. Ranka sighed and crossed his arms, leaning back to look at all of the boys.
"Sadly, I'm not quite sure, and even if I did, I wouldn't be allowed to tell you. But one of my good friends, Shigure Sohma, tends to take care of Haruhi might often. I'm sure that you would be able to find his house through some research." Kyoya nodded and pulled out his notebook, scribbling something down.
"Would you permit us to remain here while we try and find where Shigure lives?" Kyoya questioned, already pulling out his laptop.
"Of course. Anything you can do to find Haruhi. Would you like some tea and cake while you search?" Honey cheered at this, and he and Ranka set off to the kitchen to collect some food for everyone.
"Haruhi!" Shigure shouted, waving happily at the girl. Haruhi glanced up from where she was reading to glare at her cousin.
"What is it Shigure?" She asked, not liking being interrupted from her reading. Shigure took a couple steps back, holding up his hands warily.
"You don't have to be so aggressive Haruhi! I just wanted to know if you wanted to come with the rest of us to the mall near here?" Haruhi sighed, ready to tell Shigure no, when a flash of orange rushed in and picked her up.
"Sorry cub, we won't be taking no for an answer!" Kyo grinned up at Haruhi, who was too shocked to do anything. Yuki ran up to meet the two and laughed at the sight of his shocked sister. When she saw Yuki laughing at her Haruhi snapped out of her shocked trance and began to struggle.
"Kyo! Put me down you stupid cat!" She shouted angrily, flailing wildly. Kyo laughed and continued to walk, ignoring Haruhi's request.
Shigure laughed softly as he walked the trio head off to where Hatori's car was waiting, and walked back to the house to get Tohru and Momiji.
After throwing Haruhi into the car rather unceremoniously, Kyo jumped in beside her and grinned, ruffling her hair. She scowled and turned away from him, looking at Yuki, who was sitting on the other side of her. He did nothing to aid her situation, leaving Haruhi with no choice but to give up and go along with whatever they wanted. Momiji squeezed into the car a few moments later, and the group drove off.
"Kyoya…." Tamaki muttered, tracing the ground lightly with his finger.
"Yes Tamaki?" Kyoya sighed, looking up from his computer.
"Have you found anything yet?" Tamaki whined, still tracing along the ground. Kyoya sighed again, trying his best not to lose his temper.
"No, as I said 5 minutes ago, I haven't found anything." Tamaki sighed and stood up.
"Well! All of this sitting around isn't good for the mind! Why don't we go to a commoner's mall, while we're in the area?" The twins, who had been playing games on their phones, cheered. Honey and Mori, who had been sitting with Ranka in the kitchen, walked into the room, waiting to see what Kyoya would say. Kyoya, knowing arguing was pointless, sighed and nodded.
"Why are we here exactly?" Haruhi muttered, tucking her hands into the pocket of her jacket. Shigure sighed and looked down at his cousin.
"Trying to get you to socialize, my dear Haruhi. Why, at this rate you'll be worse than Kyo at talking to people!" At this, a shout of outrage came from the mentioned person, and Shigure backed away towards Hatori, holding his hands up quickly in surrender. Yuki laughed softly, looking at Kyo.
"He has a point. All you seem to do is ignore or yell at everyone else." Kyo growled, his face turning steadily redder and redder at this.
"Are you trying to earn yourself a black eye?!" He shouted, his hair standing on end.
"No. But you're obviously trying to get the whole mall's attention with your noise, stupid cat." Yuki said, turning away from Kyo. Kyo gave a yell of frustration, and began to throw punches wildly at Yuki, who easily dodged them.
"Kyo… Yuki… We're in a mall." Momiji said, pulling Tohru away from the chaos slightly.
"SHUT UP!" Kyo yelled, swinging once more at Yuki. But this time, his hand came in contact with a stranger's hand. The person looked down at Kyo in surprise, letting go of his hand. A young boy standing behind him looked up at Kyo. Usually, Kyo wouldn't be intimidated by someone his size, but the way the boy looked at him made him take caution.
"S-sorry." Kyo muttered, shrinking back a bit.
Suddenly Haruhi froze, looking at the stranger.
"Mori? Honey? What are you doing here?"
So yeah... I had originally planned for the hosts and zodiac to meet in this chapter, but I couldn't figure out how to write it so this happened instead.
I PROMISE THEY WILL INTERACT IN THE NEXT CHAPTER!
Thanks!
-Snow :)
