The Devils meet their Angels – Chapter 14
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"You knew how to tell them apart?" Margarette exclaimed holding all the 'perfect' exams/homeworks of the twins right after Zurich told her about his 'magic'.
"But we really didn't know how to tell them apart!" Sayaka said quickly.
"Promise! We didn't," Miyuki said.
Margarette crossed her arms and narrowed her eyes, "Since when did you know?"
The twins glanced at each other and looked at their feet shuffling embarrassingly.
"Since-"
"-second-"
"-day?"
"Second..day?" Margarette asked and they nodded. "But that was two weeks ago!"
Miyuki and Sayaka, scared for their lives, hid in a safe area while Margarette continued her rampage. This went on for a few more hours before Margarette finally calmed down. For a former gentle and shy girl, she had changed a LOT.
~o~
"So, how's Marga?" Jinny asked the following day. For some odd reason, Jinny,Zurich and Tiffany were all asked of a favor by the twins' dad. It was regarding the new gadget he was planning to launch. So, the three weren't able to witness Margarette's horrible rampage.
"Scary.." the twins said gloomily. It was evident that they had not recovered from the awful experience. They had messed with her a few times already but it was the first time that she snapped like that. From that moment on, the twins swore not to do that again. Ever.
Tiffany felt a slight feeling of sympathy for the twins but a part of her said it was just what they deserved since Margarette worked her butt off every time just for them. While deep in thought, she was surprised when two pairs of arms slid into her own. Not that it was something new. Since she had only 'slight' feeling of sympathy, she let them stay there for a while.
While the two girl(Tiffany and Jinny) comforted the twins, Zurich, on the other hand, went to check up on Margarette. As he arrived at her room, he saw that she was sleeping on her study table. It seemed that she had been doing something tiring the other night. He quietly went over to her desk. Careful not wake her up, he carried her in his arms and placed her on the bed. The girl's sleep had been a lack so she did not even flinched when she was moved.
~o~
"What do you mean Saki's lost?" a woman snapped. She was beautiful with her wavy long dirty blond hair, fair and smooth skin, almond-shaped crimson eyes, and slender and tall body.
The tough-looking men in suit shivered at the woman's voice.
"W-we w-were j-just giving her a tour around O-ouran Academy l-like you said b-b-but s-sh-she got l-l-lost!" one of them explained, too frightened to look at her in the eyes.
The explanation didn't satisfy the woman a bit. In fact, it had only worsened the situation. The woman grabbed the collar of the man.
"..or YOU'RE ALL FIRED!"
~Meanwhile at Ouran Academy, Music Room 3, Club hours~
"Welcome…" Seven voices chimed just like the usual.
Their visitor spat the rose petals that came into their mouths.
"I'll never get used to these damn petals!" Sayaka complained as she drove the petals away via her hands. She was too busy with the petals that she failed to notice the approaching Tamaki.
"I missed you, Miyuki-chan!" Tamaki glomped the poor girl who almost choked the petals.
Sayaka tried to free herself from the death hug by pushing him away, which was rather successful. "I'm not Miyuki! How many times do I have to tell you that?"
Tamaki had a disappointed look on his face. "Eeehh? But you look so much alike!" He looked around as if seeking for someone. "So, where's Miyuki-chan?"
"She's taking my make-up test in Japanese," Sayaka said, as she tried to straighten her dress.
"You failed Japanese?" That came out as a scoff and it wasn't Tamaki.
Sayaka mentally glared at Kaoru since she couldn't actually do that because of their plan. "Unfortunately, I did. I'm not really good at it given that Japanese is not really my native tongue and we didn't study the language back in America," she smiled. "Maybe a little tutoring could help me."
There was another scoff but this time, it was from the other twin. "It wouldn't even help you if you try."
Sayaka wanted to hit him so much but it would just ruin everything. Revenge would just have to wait.
Before any of the twins could give another insult, someone spoke up. "Can you stop being mean to her?" Everyone was surprised to find out who it was. Sayaka had wanted to give Haruhi a really big hug for saving her butt there, but that would have to wait as well.
"But, Haruhi, we were just playing," Hikaru said as he wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "Right, Kaoru?"
"Most certainly, " Kaoru said, mimicking his brother.
Haruhi sighed. "But Hikaru, it still isn't proper to say that to Sayaka-chan when you fail at English yourself."
~o~
"Good work, Sayaka-san!" The Japanese teacher shook Miyuki's hand and gave her the test result. It was a perfect score. She wondered how Sayaka could fail such an easy subject.
"Thank you, Sensei!" Miyuki smiled warmly at the male teacher.
"You see what you can do when you try your best?" He still held Miyuki's hand.
Miyuki could feel her fake smile fading away. "Um… Sensei?"
"Yes?"
"Could you please let go of my hand?"
"Oh, I'm really sorry. I didn't notice since I was really happy of your progress," he said as he slowly let go.
'Liar.'
~o~
"I wonder how Saya was able to survive his make-up classes," Miyuki wondered out loud as she walked through the empty halls of Ouran Academy. The halls were quiet so Miyuki assumed that students were in their clubrooms while majority of the female population were in the music room 3.
As she walked towards Music Room 3, she noticed a guy in cloak with a cat puppet in his hand. He was with a six-year-old little girl. They didn't seem like they were related at all but she just ignored it since it was none of her business.
Before she left, she noticed that she was looking at her. Her straight blond hair and bright red orbs made Miyuki think that she had seen this girl somewhere before. But, the memory was vague that it was hard to confirm.
Miyuki opened the Music Room 3 doors and rose petals came flying towards her. She described it as an attack. "I'll never get used to this," she muttered to herself as she tried to drive the petals away and even spit some that came to her mouth.
"Miyu-chan!" Hunny's cute voice distracted her from the annoyance earlier.
Miyuki flashed him an equally warm smile. "Hey there, Senpai."
"Would you like some cake?" he offered. "It's really yummy, right Takashi?"
"Ah," a monotonous voice answered.
Miyuki looked surprised. It was only then that she noticed the tall man's presence. Her gaze drifted back to the small senior.
"I'd really love to but I-"
"MIYU!" Sayaka dragged Miyuki away from Hunny and to a private place where no one can hear them. Sayaka never failed to amaze her with amazing speed which could also be annoying sometimes.
"What?" Miyuki noticed how Sayaka's face was now covered in tears which she did not know whether to pity her or to be disgusted.
"The morons asked me to play their little game and…and…t-they said I lost and..a..and..then they were being mean to me and I couldn't even hit them even if I want to!" Sayaka cried.
Miyuki pretended to be uninterested, "Is that all?"
Sayaka's crying got worse and this time she shook Miyuki's shoulder furiously. "That's all you can say? HOW MEAN CAN YOU BE!"
"R-Relax, Saya! I was just kidding."
With those words, as if by magic, Sayaka stopped crying and her tears vanished. She smiled at Miyuki. "Is that so? Why didn't you just say so?" Then, Sayaka left with flowers sprouting around her, similar to that of Hunny's.
'She already forgot the real purpose she came to me,' Miyuki thought with a sigh.
"What's wrong, Sugimoto?"
"Did the make-up test go well?"
Miyuki knew better that to jump in surprise or blush furiously. Those would only fascinate the Hitachiin twins. Instead, she put on a cute mask.
"Nothing's wrong, Hikaru-kun. And, the test was a piece of cake, Kaoru-kun. Thank you for your concern."
The twins made a game show buzzer sound, "Wrong!"
"I'm Kaoru." It was Hikaru.
"I'm Hikaru." It was Kaoru.
Miyuki smirked but it faded away so fast that the twins almost thought it was a mistake. She walked passed them and towards the door, which they found strange.
As the blond twin opened the door, she was met by a little girl. It wasn't any little girl. It was the little girl she saw with the guy in cloak.
The two stared at each other for a few seconds before Sayaka came.
"Do you know her, Miyu?"
The little girl's eyes widened. She turned to Sayaka with tears and hugged her. "Ka-chan!"
"EH?"
~o~
The room was suddenly dark. Sayaka found herself tied up in a chair. She saw nothing but black and it started to give her the creeps. Then, a light from above her flicked on. In front of her was host club's idiot president seated firmly. A wooden table separated her from him. There shouldn't be anything wrong with Tamaki but he was wearing an officer's uniform.
"What the heck is with the drama?" she snapped as she struggled free.
Tamaki ignored the question and pointed his finger on her, "Tell me the details of the last time you saw this girl!" He brought out a picture of the little girl who stumbled upon their club room just a moment ago.
"Five minutes ago," Sayaka said while Tamaki wrote it. "In this very room.. Just before YOU started this CRAP!"
All of a sudden, the Hitachiin twins stepped out of the darkness wearing the same as Tamaki. "Tell us Sugimoto Sayaka-san, is it true that the blond and red-eyed girl is your daughter?"
"EH?"
Fortunately, the lights went back. A look of dismay was found on Tamaki's face. Now, he had his infamous puppy dog eyes.
"Senpai, can you take this seriously?" Haruhi asked the sulking moron. "This girl is lost and we can't just take the whole thing as a game."
"Then, we'll help the cute little girl create a bond with her mo-"
*Smack*
"How many times do I have to tell you that I'm not her mother?" Sayaka yelled.
"Sayaka's right," Miyuki said. "If she really is that girl's mom, she would have given birth to her by nine or ten. And, they don't even look alike, They may have similar features but it's still different."
"Where's the little fella, anyway?" Zurich asked.
"Hunny-senpai is distracting her," Miyuki replied.
"Whatever! I'm not gonna be that kid's mom or whatsoever," Sayaka said firmly and prepared to leave. But, she was met by the girl's innocent face.
"Ka-chan?"
Sayaka halted. She could not resist that innocent face but she did not want to play house with her as well. So, she pretended not to see her and left.
"Saki-chan!" Hunny called out to her.
The girl, Saki, looked at Hunny with teary eyes, "Does Ka-chan hate Saki?"
'Saki?' The name sounded familiar to Miyuki but she had never seen that face. Not since she saw the guy in cloak.
Miyuki caught Saki's eyes but she noticed that she wasn't smiling. It was a familiar pair of glaring eyes that she knew she'd seen before.
~The Next Day~
"What do you mean Saki-chan's missing?" Tamaki panicked.
"Well, when you asked me to take her home, she ran away so I thought one of you guys took her home," Miyuki explained.
"WHAT?" This time, Tamaki was even more in panic. "We need to find her! We need a lot of flyers and ads to find her. A prize money could be given to anyone who finds her! We must send all the police force in the whole world to find her!"
The Americans who were with Miyuki and Sayaka sweat-dropped. How Tamaki could think so extravagantly when Saki could've just been inside the school.
"Um.. Tamaki?"
"Yes, Jinny-chan?"
"If that Saki girl really is just a six-year-old then, she couldn't possibly be traveling around the world overnight!"
"Calm down, Jinny!" Miyuki and Sayaka patted her on the back.
"Right! Then, Zurich-kun," Tamaki pointed at the strawberry blond guy. "Gather the hosts for an urgent meeting. I'll be waiting for you at the club room."
"Wouldn't this be skipping class?" Tiffany asked when Tamaki left.
"Yes, Tiffa, but it wouldn't even matter," Margarette said. "This is one heck of an insane school."
Zurich agreed with Margarette in this so he decided to play with it for a while. "Miyu and Saya, could you get the Hitachiin twins and Fujioka? Marga and Tiffa, please get Ootori. Jinny and I will get the seniors."
"Hey, who said I would-" Jinny's words were cut off when Zurich pulled the back of her shirt, giving her no way to escape.
~o~
"This is so boring!" Hikaru complained when the meeting was adjourned and they were separated into groups to find Saki. "Why do we have to look for that girl?"
"'Cause Tono said so," Kaoru said monotonously. He, too, wasn't in favor of this and had no choice.
Hikaru went on with his complaints while Kaoru quietly listened and agreed to his every word although he really wasn't listening and was in deep thought.
"Kaoru, are you even listening to me?" Hikaru asked.
There was no answer form him. Hikaru called his brother a few more times before he finally noticed Hikaru.
"Oh, yes. I totally agree with you there, Hikaru!"
"I was just calling your name. You're not even listening to me!"
"Oh, sorry. I was just thinking of something."
"What is it?"
"How that Saki girl knows how to tell them apart in her first try. She isn't even giving any concrete information about her."
"Maybe she is Sugimoto's daughter," Hikaru shrugged.
"We both know that's impossible."
"You'll never know. Maybe she-" Hikaru paused wide-eyed.
Kaoru looked at him skeptically. "Why'd you stop?"
"She's there," Hikaru pointed ahead.
"Who?" Kaoru asked as he turned around. "Saki-chan?" He answered his own question as soon as he saw the blond girl sleeping on the corner.
Both of them came running to her worriedly. They shook her awake gently when she was in reach.
"Saki-chan, wake-up!"
Said girl slowly opened her eyes. The image of Hikaru and Kaoru had been blurred for a while so she blinked a few more times.
"Mommy?" she muttered in fluent English.
"Are you alright?" a gentle voice asked. Her vision was getting better and she saw a pair of beautiful golden orbs, looking at her worriedly. That was all about what she saw. The face was still a mystery to her. However, only one person with same golden eyes would look at her worriedly like that.
"Daddy?"
End of Chapter..
I said once a month right? So, here it is… April update..
I already have next chapter written and it's long.. I got too carried away again. Just hope my mood to get me type the next chapter..
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