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Yasuchika watched quietly, munching away at his toast as I scrabbled around trying to get my things together while attempting to get my breakfast down the hatch all at the same time. I had to get to school early today so I could find the perpetrator of my Camera's untimely death, and the reason why so many of the Host Clubs best clients were no longer coming.
"You don't seem to have your act together." The boy scoffed, voice iced.
"I do so have my act together! It's just that someone spread all my stuff around the house this morning."
"Wasn't me."
Oh! It was TOTALLY you, you snot nosed brat!! "Gah...I don't have time to argue, I have to get to school!"
"Here's your notebook." Chika held it out as I ran past him, grabbing it and trusting it into my bag. "And......" The kid held out my new camera that Kyoya dropped off last night but I was already half way out the door before I noticed it. "You're camera!" He called, trying to get my attention. Pulling a U-y I grabbed it before mumbling "Thank you." I glanced at my watch, "Okay now I'm really late."
Yasuchika kept staring as the girl dashed out of the door and headed off to school.
".................Idiot. I wonder if she knows she's a whole hour early."
"Why Miss Stacy what are you doing here so early?" Nekozawa asked at I walked the mostly empty halls of the school.
"I-I-I...I thought I should...well...um...what time is it?"
"It's only seven fifteen."
"Dang. I have to wait awhile before Kyoya gets here."
"Well since you're here why don't I show you the black magic club? We meet everyday before and after school."
"Fine, seeing as how I got nothing better to do." I grumbled.
In the basement of the north wing,
Deep in the farthest reaches of the hall
Behind the doors you will find
The Black Magic Club.
"Welcome!" I was greeted by a very creepy, gothic group of kids, three boys with shaggy hair and Reiko Kanazuki all wearing necromantic finery consisting of black clothes with black or red ribbons and some shirts had lace detailing while others were plainer (See chapter one of issue 10 for reference).
"So...we see that you recruited your cousin for the Club Mr. President." The boy in the plain black suit said.
"I'm not 'recruited'. I'm just visiting."
"Stacy, allow me to introduce the Black Magic Club. This is Yu* Chibin," Neko held his hand out to the boy who just spoke, "And his brother Kuroy." The member holding a candle stick in his hand looked at me with a creepy smile on his face. Both of them had greasy brown hair with a green tinge that dangled in their eyes. They looked to be a few years apart and I doubted they'd be like the twins. "And over here is Akaicho Zugaikotsu." He was the tallest and had hair like Tamaki but the coloring was a bloody auburn instead of brownish blond, and was holding a skull.
"It is a pleasure to have your acquaintance." He said, in a dark but refined voice.
"And I am sure you have met Kanazuki before, correct?"
"Yes, she visits Honey at the Host Club." I looked over at the solitary girl in the room, her gothic Lolita feature were set off by her dress, long black with pure white lace. She looked dazzling. Even with black lipstick adorning her thin lips she looked more angelic then demonic.
"Here," Akaicho held out a black rose to me. "A black rose for a dark soul."
"Thanks." I solemnly said looking him in the eye. Who did he think he was anyways? The Tamaki of the Black Magic Club? I felt something on my shoulder and found Belzenef sitting there.
"So Stacy, will you be going us for the morning tarot card readings?"
"Na, I've dallied long enough, I promised Kyoya I'd look into something for him. I better get going now." I turned to the door, the rose still in my clutches. "C'ya!" I called.
Last night Kyoya had texted me to meet him in the club room at seven forty-five this morning and I intended to be there.
"Good morning Kyoya!" I said when I saw him sitting at a table, typing away at his laptop. But instead of responding he held out a one inch binder while still typing with one hand.
"Uh, what's this?"
"It is a list of the clients who have discontinued their membership with the club in the last month. It should be of use to you."
"Thanks..." Kyoya you're being really cold today....
"Also I've asked Renge to give you a hand for the day, but she will only be available after school is let out."
"Okay Kyoya. I'll get right on this. I guess I'll see ya later I guess." I turned on the spot and headed to the door.
"One more thing."
I turned to see Kyoya standing behind me.
"Good luck." He whispered softly as pressed his lips to mine.
Mmm...Maybe Kyoya wasn't going to be so cold today...
I sat by the stairs that led to the third music room, looking up at the chandelier whose light covered the mural on the ceiling. Class was going to start soon so I would have to wait until after lunch to do some real snooping. Thank gosh it was Saturday or I'd be here until six p.m. Exhausted I let out a sigh, wondering how I was going to get to the bottom of the two mysteries. I had no doubt that that Yuka girl was the person for tossing my camera in the pond but why were the customers canceling their membership? It was then that I saw a girl with short, wispy dark hair come up the stairs. I recognized her immediately; she was Miss Sakurazuka, one of Haruhi's regulars, and one of the girls who had stopped coming. I slid off the widow seat and scurried over to her.
"Hey. Miss Sakurazuka, please wait." She stopped in her tracks and looked over at me.
"Yes?" Her voice was soft and girly, like every other girl's at this school.
"Um, hi, I'm the Host Club's Photographer, Stacy." I said, introducing myself.
"Ah yes, I've seen you around the Club room with your camera. What is it?"
"I was wondering why you don't come by anymore. In fact, lots of girls don't come by anymore. You wouldn't happen to know why, would you?"
The girl looked down at her shoes. "I don't know if I should say."
"If you know something I'd love to hear it. At the rate this are going it looks like the Host Club won't be able to stay open if the customers keep disappearing like this."
"I know." She said sadly. "But..." Tears began to well up and I knew something was wrong.
"Hey, it's okay." I said, touching her shoulder. "If you don't want to tell me anything that's fine, I'll talk to someone else. I'm sorry." I said as I hugged her. I hated seeing people cry like this, it gets me all chocked up too.
"No. I want to help the Host Club."
"Alright then. So could you tell me why the girls stop coming?" I asked as I released her.
"Do you know Yuka Amoni?"
"Yes."
"She is convinced that Kyoya is in love with her and is threatening the other girls who go to the Host Club just so she can have Kyoya to herself."
"But all the Hosts have lost customers, not just Kyoya."
"Yes, but she wants him completely to herself, even if the others are not interested in him, she wants to Host Club to cater to her imagined love life with Kyoya."
I let the information sink in, forcing myself to stay calm. "How....how is she threatening the other girls?"
"Well some of the girls have parents who wouldn't like to know their daughter is at a Host Club, some of the girls' parents have companies which her brother and father have investments in. And some girls are just plain scared of her."
"I see."
"What do you plan to do?"
"I plan to get her banned from the Host Club so that you and the others can come back."
"Really?"
"Yep! Besides, I think Haruhi is missing his guests."
"He is?!" Her eye lit up and she looked like she was going to float away on a cloud when the bell for class rang. "Oh! I'm going to be late! Bye-bye!" She called as she ran down that hall.
"Well she perked up fast."
The rest of the morning went by without much to remember it by. With really nothing to show for my work I headed to the Host Club.
"Welcome!" They greeted.
I couldn't believe my eyes. I rubbed them to make sure they weren't playing tricks on me, but in the room was two Lloyd Irvings with their red jackets and spiky brown hair, both wielding twin swords, very tall Kratos Aurion in his purple spandex outfit, auburn hair defying gravity with spikes with a very short Genis Sage in his blue shorts and T-shirt with his white hair hand in his face on his shoulders, an energetic Raine Sage with her white hair and orange jacket hung at her knees disusing character popularity with Richter Abend in his purple jacket and long red hair while Zelos Wilder, sporting his pink vest that hung to his knees as well with blood red hair the dangled over his shoulders, sitting in the middle of the group in Tamaki's chair.
"Did I get transported into the wrong world?"
"Welcome my darling hunny." Zelos said as he walked over to me. "What brings you to the Host Club today?"
"Stay back you unfaithful chosen!" I ordered pushing him away. As Zelos stumbled to the floor he called out to Richter,
"Kyoya! You said that Zelos was one of the most popular characters!"
"He is." Richter stated.
"Then why is Stacy so upset!?" He shouted once he jumped to his feet and was now invading Richter's personal space.
"It appears she is not a fan of Zelos." I should have said something but I was still in shock.
"Hello~?" The Lloyds waved their hands in my face. "Is someone home?"
Genis came over to going to fun too. "Stacy-chan? Are you okay?"
Like a robot in need of oiling my head cranked over to look at Genis.
"You're so cute Genis!" I squealed, picking up the kid and giving his a monster of a bear hug. "You are just the most adorable thing ever~!"
Professor Raine Sage came over to my side. "So I take it you like our cosplay choice for today?"
I grabbed both of her hands, "I cannot thank you enough for the cosplay idea you had. Thank you."
"So you know what Tales of Symphonia* is?" The Lloyds asked.
"Of course I do Hikaru and Kaoru! It's my favorite game in the whole wide world!!"
"Funny, 'cuz we've never heard of it."
"WHAT!?" Both Renge and I shouted. "How could not have heard of it?!"
"Because we haven't."
The two of us stuck out our tongues in defeat.
"So Stacy," Renge turned to me, "Who is you're favorite Character? I bet its Kratos, or maybe Richter?"
"No...." I said simply. "I like Regal Bryant best!" I squealed with hearts in my eyes.
"Why Regal? He's a loser..."
"DON'T INSULT REGAL!!" I shouted turning into a medusa like Renge normally does. Of course Renge wasn't fazed by this.
"Okay, so you're a Regal otaku. You have such weird taste in men. Now Richter on the other hand..." I could tell where this was going so I slipped away while she was distracted.
"Hey Kyoya, why are you guys doing a Tales of Symphonia cosplay anyways?"
"Because Renge knew it was popular and thought we should give it a try. By the way, are you going to be in costume?"
"Sure!"
"Do you want to be Collette, or Sheena, or--"
"I wanna be Alice." The name Alice brought Tamaki over to us.
"But Alice is so mean; wouldn't you rather be the angel Colette?" The unfaithful** chosen asked.
"No. I want to be Alice. I have stuff in common with her." A smirk came over my face. "Besides..." My voice was higher pitched and sadistic, "I can mimic her perfectly."
"Wow, you're good at that!" Renge applauded.
"Why thank you Raerae***." I said, still mimicking the sadist's voice. "Now if you don't mind I have to talk to Richter." I let out a fake, evil giggle at the end.
"Very well, then follow me." Kyoya said in his best Richter impression, which honestly was really good.
"So you think that Yuka Amoni is threatening the other girls so that she can have me to herself?" Kyoya asked as I changed into an Alice costume.
"Well that's what Miss Sakurazuka said, but I haven't been able to talk to anyone else yet, so that might not be the case."
"I see."
I came out of the changing room and drew Kyoya's attention immediately.
"You were right when you said you'd make a good Alice." I had on a cream colored tube top with matching jacket and shorts on, and held a flimsy whip-like rapier in my hand, bouncing it off my free hand.
"Lets see what the other's think." I was back to copying Alice's voice.
"Wow, Stacy looks super cute like Alice-chan!" Honey gushed.
"Hmph..." Mori said, adopting Kratos' catch-phrase for the day.
"Well now my Lady Alice," Tamaki came over while still acting as Zelos. "perhaps we should show these people what true romance is about."
I took a large step back and slid behind Kyoya.
"Okay Tamaki you can stop acting like Zelos, you're giving me the creeps."
"Oh, by the way, where are the twins?" Kyoya asked.
"They left to go find Haruhi, she hasn't been coming to the host club for the past few days." Renge explained.
"Then I propose that we look into this, men!" Tamaki said, braking character and turning back into his old self.
"Stacy," Kyoya turned to me, "I'll be back later once we looked into the deal with Haruhi, I expect you and Renge to do some investigating while I'm gone, got it?"
"Right!" I said nodding.
"So does this mean with have to change out of our costume?" Honey asked.
"Yes, I'm afraid so." Kyoya said. "Well have to reschedule our guests for after summer holidays."
"We'd better get changed then." I said, disappointed that we wouldn't be doing a Tales of Symphonia cosplay that day. It really would have been fun.
Renge and I peeked around the corner, holding a magnifying glass in our hands with a couple of Sherlock Holmes hats placed on our heads.
"So Renge, I'll check out Yuka to see if she is really trying to win over Kyoya and you'll see if any other girls have been threatened. Got it?"
"Got it!" She nodded before we took off down opposite ends of the hall, ready to expose the truth.
A few hours later, of Renge investigating and me getting lost in the school, we met up again and discussed Renge's findings. She had talked to Miss Kurakano, another of Haruhi's regulars and some of Kyoya's best customers. Apparently they had all received threats similar to what Miss Sakurazuka got. Now all we had to do was find the girl responsible; Yuka Amoni.
"How are we going to find her in a building this big?" I asked.
"Easy, we split up!" Renge announced.
"But it's so big..."
"Don't worry I have people helping us!"
"Who?"
"How good to see you again Stacy." Nekozawa-senpai said as he came up behind me with the rest of the Black Magic Club following behind him, all wearing their cloaks.
"Oh...so you guys are helping us. Well thanks...I guess."
"Alright people, let's split us and look for Yuka Amoni!" Renge ordered. And just like that they all took off, leaving me to stand by myself in the middle of the hallway without a clue as to where I should begin looking. I don't know why, but after twenty minutes of wandering around I found myself trailing up the stairs leading to the west wing swimming pool. It was strange, I knew that I wasn't going to find Yuka there, but yet I could feel that something was leading me there. It was almost like I was in a trance, that all of this wasn't really happening. That it was all just a dream. But there, by the side of the pool, admiring her own reflection was her. The girl with green eyes and long brown hair. Yuka.
"You." I said as I approached her.
She stood up to look at who would disturb her time to herself. "What do you want?"
"It was you who threw my camera in the pond and your the one responsible for the Host Club's customer decline."
"W-what are you talking about?" She said frantically.
"Give it up! I know it was you! You approached me right after I found my camera in the pond and all the girls say that you've been harassing them with threats to leave the Host Club!"
"So...you are smarter then you look. But I'm not going to let you have Kyoya! I love him!"
"I love him too! And I'm not going to let you control him out of your petty desires!" I crossed over to her, raging inside like a typhoon.
"But you're just a commoner! No way would you ever fit into Kyoya's world!" She yelled in my face.
"That maybe, but I wouldn't trade him for the world. If I don't fit in as I stand now, then I'll change myself so that I will fit. I'd do anything for Kyoya. Anything if it means I can have a minute with him!" I yelled back, holding my ground.
"Look at you, you're all fired up over this." She said softly. "Maybe you should..." Her hand shot out and grabbed my arm. "Go for a swim!" With that she tossed me towards the pool. I started to fall back, ready to hit water when a hand grabbed my wrist and pulled me back to solid ground. In a second I found myself cradled next to Kyoya, his left arm wrapped around me protectively, keeping close to his chest.
"Kyoya!" Yuka wailed. "Why~!?"
"Yuka, I cannot let you hurt Stacy. You have to understand that my job as a Host is second to my affections to her, so any treatment you have received from me was merely a mandate."
"What?"
"It is Stacy that I truly love, if you cannot understand that then please don't come back to the Host Club."
"But Kyoya! You were always so nice to me!"
"As I said before it is my job as a Host to entertain you while you visit, but it does not mean that I have any real affections for you."
"But Kyoya..." Yuka's green eyes began to fill with tears and she started to sniffle. But Kyoya had no patience for her. Instead he held his hand out in front of him.
"Just stop already. You've become too much of a nuisance for me to deal with anymore."
"I hate you Kyoya!" Yuka cried out as she took off for the stairs, tears streaming down her face, leaving a trail behind her.
I looked up Kyoya who was still holding onto me tightly, my face as red as the roses that had bloomed on the bushes nearby.
"Kyoya..." I said quietly, trying to gather word to speak.
"Well this is a set back, surely she is going to tell her brother about all of this and he may use the shares he has in the Ohtori Group to use. It seems you have caused me a bit of trouble by going after her like that." I felt a knife plunge into my heart at his words.
Ouch, that was harsh Kyoya, even for you.
"But..."
I looked up at him. Affection visible in my eyes.
"I suppose I was rather tired of having to deal with her all the time and her brother is too professional to listen to her little sister's petty cries, so it seems no real damage is done." I looked up at him in shock. Was I just saved from his wrath?
"I suppose we should head back inside. It looks like it might rain soon."
"Sure." I muttered, still feeling like I was dreaming. Kyoya guided me to the top of the stairs, his arm around the small of my back before turning to kiss me and left me standing in my place. Did that...just happen? My brain finally started up again and I realized that I was standing here like a twit while Kyoya was getting away!
"H-hey Kyoya!" I called after him, "wait for me!" following him down the stairs. I hurried after him, but once I got to the bottom I couldn't see Kyoya anywhere. I headed down the hall wondering how he could disappear like that when a hand came out behind a pillar and pulled me off to the side. It was my love, playing a trick on me.
"So..." He said slyly, "Do really mean what you said to Yuka. When you said you'd do anything for me?"
I went bright red again. "W-well y-y-yeah. I-I-I g-guess."
"Good." Kyoya said as he leaned in close. So close all I could see were his eyes. I waited for him to kiss me, but he pulled back instead, let go of me and walked off. He was teasing me!
"Kyoya." I said crossly as I went after him. But he didn't stop. He just kept walking down the hall, probably with a smirk on his face. I dashed around in front of him and lopped my arms around his neck. "You are such a jerk." I said playfully.
"Oh I am, am I?"
"Yes." I sad sweetly. "But I still love you." I added as I pushed up onto my tip-toes and closed the gap between us, bringing my lips to his and kissed him myself. It felt nice to that once for myself. All this time I had spent with him, he'd kiss me, but now it was my turn to kiss him, and it felt good. Once satisfied I pulled away and left him to stand there like the idiot for once.
Kyoya watched as Stacy walked away with a new spring in her step. It took him long enough but he finally got her to act on her emotions by herself. He liked that she was getting more assertive with her love, he liked it a lot.
*Tales of Symphonia is my favorite game ever and you can check out the characters by looking Tales Of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World (the sequel) to get an idea of what most of the character (but not Kratos) look like.
**The unfaithful chosen is a referance to what I call Zelos in my other fic 'Fallen Insert'
***Alice has a habit of giving people she likes (or dislikes) nicknames and refers to them only by said nickname.
Well I hoped you like this one and please go to my profile to check out my poll, and BTW Raine and Genis are not mother and child, they are brother and sister.
C'ya!!!
