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Warning: Depressing?
Ch.6 Revealed… somewhat
Normal P.O.V
"*Sighs* Yes, you heard me correctly. Kitsune Ichi. Age 17, about 5'7 in height, blood type AB Negative, gender: Female. Born in May on the tenth, likes the colors red and black, children, singing, playing guitar, and taking care of her mother. Dislikes her mother's illness, abusive people, Lobelia, bullies in general, and her father." Kyouya spoke, pausing as he started to read more from his little black book.
"Her mother, Annabelle Ichi, was once a famous guitarist for a French artist. One day on their tour they met her father, Kuro Ichi. They wed the next year, and moved back to France. After another year, they had Kitsune. When Kitsune turned eight, they moved back to Japan. Later when she was ten, her father left with her mother's money, never to be seen again."
Almost everyone in the room was thinking along the lines of the same thing. 'How fitting…. Her father's name translates into Dark one…' You could physically feel the tension and worry in the room, and the feeling also reflected upon the people in the room… Tamaki had his hair in his face with a dark expression and his fists clenched, Hikaru and Kaoru looked sad and were quiet, Haruhi looked like she was feeling helpless, Hani was hugging his Usa-chan to his chest with tears welling in his eyes, Kyouya didn't bother to push his glasses up, and Mori was staring out the window with a somewhat solemn expression on his face.
"How long have you known about Ichi's true gender Kyouya?" Tamaki asked, looking less angry and more curious.
"Actually, I've only known for a day. Your father didn't have enough information for me to dig up her file so I had to wait. Not something I like doing mind you, but I had to do what needed to be done… I'm surprised no one else had already figured it out actually."
"Well… I had my suspicions when I saw the only picture of her was when she was a baby…. She was in a pink blanket…" Haruhi said. She then blushed after thinking about all the times she hadn't minded Ichi's compliments… She groaned inwardly, and also mentally facepalmed herself…
"Hmm, I see. Well, are we going to go to the hospital to check on her, or are we just going to stand here looking like idiots?"
"I'm not going." Haruhi said with a slightly demanding tone.
"What? Why?" Tamaki, Hani, Hikaru, and Kaoru said at the same time.
"Someone needs to stay with her mother right? She must be so worried…" At this Haruhi looked down frowning at the thought.
"That's very good of you to do Haruhi. I'll send you in a car right away…" Said Tamaki, already dialing the service.
After Haruhi had left, the others called yet another limo and sped towards the Ootori hospital Ichi was staying in at the moment. When they arrived, Kyouya walked up to the front of the desk first and everyone followed nervously. You never question an Ootori at his own hospital…
"I would like to know the room Kitsune Ichi is currently residing in, and I would also like to see her charts." He demanded.
"Excuse me sir, but are you friends or family?"
"Neither that I know of, but I suppose I could be classified as her friend. Otherwise, I'm an Ootori."
The front desk woman's bubble gum bubble popped, and she frantically typed away at her computer without looking up at Kyouya. Soon she stopped typing and nervously stood up.
"U-umm I apologize sir…. Come this way please."
The nurse walked through the halls until they reached the ICU. (Intensive Care Unit) As soon as they saw the sign, they freaked out, but Kyouya sighed in annoyance.
"Don't worry. The ICU is right beside the children's care center." (CCC)
At this, everyone but Mori, Kyouya, and the nurse did an anime fall, and soon they were in the CCC. The nurse walked all the way to the end of the hall before they noticed Ichi on the very last bed, covered in stuffed animals, blankets, get-well-soon cards, and as they got closer, they noticed something strange lying beside her under the blankets.
"Oh my… I guess the kids got to her first… *giggles* Aw… Little Cho even snuggled up to her… This girl is a huge mother figure ya know? She woke up a couple hours ago because most of the kids were upset and crying. All she did was sing a song and they were out…. I guess Cho fell asleep in her lap…"
The nurse uncovered the small lump beneath the covers, and a small head of glossy black hair peeked out from it. Ichi's arms were wrapped around her in a motherly fashion, and they both had small smiles on their faces.
"They look like Mother and daughter ne Takashi?" Mitsukuni asked in a whisper.
"Ah." Was the only reply. Suddenly, Ichi's eyes snapped open and she looked down at Cho and smiled.
"Shh… You'll wake Cho… She's only four years old, and already she's been abandoned… The poor thing, I even gave her that name…. She's just a butterfly, waiting to dry her wings…." Ichi said quietly while she smiled sadly down at the girl.
"Ichi, I have your charts here… It says that you suffered slight hypothermia, and that due to a surge of emotional stress and lack of nutrition, you fainted. This means that you need to try to stay calm in situations like this, and you should also eat more. If you don't, things could get worse and you could develop an eating disorder. You can be released now if you'd like, but we can give you some time to say your goodbyes before that."
Kyouya then handed her the release form and she signed before motioning for them to stay quiet. Slowly, she sat up with Cho's arms around her neck. She looked over at the nurse who sighed before handing her some other papers. Ichi smiled brightly and signed them with an eager speed. She then gently shook Cho awake.
"Cho sweety, you need to wake up. It's time to go home…" She said sweetly. The boys were shocked to hear such a sweet tone come from her, but got over it quickly. Cho stirred awake before looking up at Ichi with big tears in her eyes.
"No! You can't leave me to! Please stay! Please Mama don't go!" The little girl clamped her own mouth shut after she realized what she had said, and a single tear rolled down her cheek. Ichi immediately wiped it away, and hugged the girl tight.
"Don't worry my little butterfly… Mama's gonna take you home with her…. That way you can stay with me forever ok? I've already got the papers signed so now I'm really your mama…. Come on sweety… Let's go home…"
The boys eyes shot wide open, except for Mori's and Kyouya's, their eyebrows just raised some.
"Here's her things Ma'am. You have no idea how good this makes me feel. She's been in here for such a long time, and we almost had to let her go because she's not a sick patient… Now she can have a good home…" The nurse said while setting some small bags near the bed. Ichi smiled lovingly at the little girl crying happily in her arms before looking up at the six men beside her.
"Will you please help me with these bags? My hands are a bit occupied and I'm still in this patients dress… Oh, and all of these stuffed animals are for the children here miss. Except for this one…" She picked up a big red and black butterfly holding a smaller white and black butterfly, and they all walked out of the hospital. Boys with bags, two girls with hospital gowns, and a stuffed animal. What a sight….
When they were in the car, everyone was looking at Ichi and the sleeping child in her arms.
"What are you going to do with her while you're in school?" Kaoru asked.
"Yeah, you can't bring her with you…." Hikaru added.
"Don't worry… She'll keep Maman company while I'm at school… Oh Maman will be so happy!" She quietly cheered.
"Ya know…-"
"If you weren't in a dress,-"
"You'd look like a father." They said in unison.
"Well now she looks like her Maman don't you think?" Tamaki replied happily.
"Haha thanks guys… So…. Now that you know I'm a girl… Am I still allowed to be in the Host Club…. I mean… Haruhi's in it…. Plus I really like spending time with you guys…. Yes, even you Kyouya! *Sticks tongue out and winks* I… I just don't want to leave my first friends ya know?" She smiles sadly at Cho, and all the guys feel a little guilty for making her feel that way. When she looks back up, a tear of happiness falls from her eye.
All six boys were showing off their orange friendship bracelets to her. She smiles and holds up her wrist. On it, an orange wrist band with a fox head in the center.
"Of course you can stay Mon ami! We'll keep her secret right guys?"
"Right!"
"Yeah! Ne Usa-chan?"
"Indeed."
"Ah."
"Yay!"
"Welcome back!"
She laughs at the usual Host Club greeting and smiles at the boys. She looks around the car at everyone to see that they're all smiling, even if only a little. Then she notices someone missing.
"Hey, where's Haruhi?"
"She went to keep an eye on your mother because she knew the two of you worry over each other… Is that alright?" Tamaki questioned.
"Oh thank goodness! I can't wait to show my little Cho to them! Wait… How do you guys think Haruhi would react…? Umm…" Ichi mumbled a little nervously.
"She should be fine, but you should make sure Cho thinks of Haruhi as a boy instead of a woman. That way nothing bad could possibly happen." Replied Kyouya.
"Haha ok! I'll make sure that Cho doesn't call me mama if she somehow comes across our female classmates as well…"
"Agreed."
Soon they made it back to Ichi's house. Everyone helped out with the bags while Ichi still cradled a sleeping Cho in their arms, and soon Ichi unlocked the front door and let everyone in. Upon hearing the sound of voices and the door, Haruhi came out of Anna's room, making sure the sleeping women didn't wake up.
"Shh… Anna's asleep Ichi… Are you al- Who's that?" Haruhi asked as she walked up to Ichi.
"Oh ok, thanks Haruhi, it means a lot… Oh! This is Cho… She's a four year old orphan from the hospital, and I'm her new mother…"
Haruhi could see the love in Ichi's eyes as she smiled at the girl and didn't question or say that it was a foolish thing. Instead, she just smiled at her too. It made Haruhi happy that something in this girl's life could be happily effecting her, but…. 'I can tell she's trying to hard to smile like that, but smiling should come naturally… Her eyes seem to be the only thing showing her true emotions and they're usually hidden behind her hair! Why didn't you tell us Ichi…?'
Haruhi sighed sadly at her new friend before putting on a smile and replying to Ichi's earlier statement.
"That's great Ichi-senpai! How will you manage here though? What will Anna say?"
"Don't worry Haruhi, I have a good idea! Thank you all for helping me back there… Heh… I could've died… I owe you my life…"
"It wasn't really all of us Kit-chan! Takashi carried you all the way back to the club room, and even when he wrapped you up in blankets he didn't put you down! I think he was really worried! We all were right Takashi?" Hani said, and Mori replied with an "Ah." Then Kitsune "smiled" up at him.
"Thank you Morinozuka-san. I am forever in your debt. Merci beaucoup Mon ami." She then hugged him before kissing him on both cheeks. He blushed a deep red before noticing that she was doing that to everyone.
'W-when she kissed me… it felt like ice and then fire… I wonder if everyone else felt it too…' He thought. Mori looked around the room at all of the boys with a stoic face. He almost chuckled at the red faced men all around him. Especially when he noticed that even Kyouya's face was tinted pink. Everyone was embarrassed except for when she came to Tamaki.
"Merci beaucoup aussi Mon ami" (Aussi=also) She kissed him on the cheeks like everyone else, but instead of just standing there, he returned the kisses on her cheeks, and they both hugged like old friends seeing each other for the first time in months.
"Sorry if that was a little embarrassing… Heh… That's just the way us Frenchmen show thanks…. Right Tamaki?"
"Aha right you are Mon ami! I haven't received thanks the old way for a long time… Now I feel nostalgic! Ah, well, it was nice to stay for awhile, but we really must go… Goodbye Mon ami… Bon nuit Cherie Cho…" (Good night cherished Cho)
"Alright, goodbye and goodnight everyone. I'll see you at school tomorrow!"
"Goodnight!"
As the last person left, Ichi shut and locked the door. Then, she carefully picked up Cho from the rocking chair she was laying on, and laid her on her bed-like couch. Afterwards, she took a shower, picked her outfit for tomorrow out, and made dinner.
Anna's P.O.V
'Is that diner I smell? *gasps* Ichi!' "Ichi is that you?" I called out. I was so nervous when Haruhi came home and Ichi wasn't there…. She had told me all about what happened, and I couldn't just lie to Ichi's only girl friend… So I told her…
Flashback:
"I don't mean to pry ma'am, but… What happened to Ichi to make her run out like that?" Haruhi had asked me the only question I dreaded at a time like this…
"Well… seven years ago, when Ichi was only ten…. Her father and my husband left us… She woke up when he was leaving, and I guess she tried to stop him… She chased him far up the road when it was cold and raining outside… She didn't stop until she fell down because she couldn't see through the tears… She told me he snapped at her… Calling her child instead of my little girl, and yelling that she was truly an accident… He broke her heart right then and there, and if you look real hard, you can tell that everytime she smiles…. it's strained… Even when she is happy… She just can't smile like she used to…"
I coughed a little after that because it's been awhile since I talked that much, but Haruhi looked down with a dark shadow over her eyes… I could tell she was actually crying though…
"What kind of father does that? To their ten year old little girl! That's terrible… No wonder why her eyes looked so broken…" She sighed after that and handed me some tea. After I thanked her, I fell asleep…
Flashback end:
"Yeah, it's me Maman! I'm fine don't worry!" She called from the kitchen. I sighed before climbing into my wheelchair, and wheeling out of my room, and into the living room.
"I was so worried…. Please don't scare me like that again…. Are you sure you want to go to school tomorrow?" I reached over and touched what I thought was Ichi's head until…
"Oh my! Ichi, who is this little girl?"
"Oh… heheh… Sorry Maman! I promise not to scare you like that again! This is Cho… Ichi Cho… Ummm… I kinda… adopted her… Please don't be mad at me! She was just so sweet and sad, and, and-"
"She reminds you of you…? It's fine Ichi… How old is this beautiful little girl?"
"She's four… I promise I'll take full responsibility for anything she does, I'll make all her food, I'll raise all the money, I'll do anything as long as you can watch her while I'm at school… You'll finally have some company while I'm gone!" She looked so happy… If only her smile was totally real…
"Fine…. Now wake her up, it's time to eat… Am I suppose to be the mother for her as well?"
"N-no Maman! I am her mother now! I promise to be the best mother I can… just like you… *hugs Anna tightly* She looks just like me… look… Cho? Cho, wake up sweetie! It's time to eat some dinner!"
The little girl woke up, and slowly blinked her eyes open. I was surprised. She looked just like Ichi only her hair was longer, a bit wilder, and she had onyx eyes with gold flex instead of amber….
"Mama?"
"Heheh yes my little Cho… Mama's here… this is your Obaa-san, ok Cho?"
"Hi Obaa-san! You're really pretty! Just like Mama!"
"Oh, such a sweetheart… She does look just like you honey…. Come here you!" I had to give her a hug! She was just too cute! She giggled, and soon we ate our dinner.
After that, we talked a bit more before Ichi gave Cho a bath, and we went to bed. Cho wanted to sleep with Ichi, but before she went to bed she came up to me in mine.
"Don't worry Obaa-san! I'll sleep with you tomorrow! Umm… J-je… T'aime?"
"Aw… Je t'aime Cherie Cho… Bon nuit…" (I love you cherished cho… Goodnight)
I kissed her forehead, and she skipped off over to Ichi. As soon as she curled up into her, she was out… I followed soon after…
'I hope her mask cracks soon…. I can tell it wants to… Good night… my darling girls…'
End! =D I hope you liked this chapter! Ok, who thinks Cho is just adorable? I do~! X3 Please review!
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