Chapter 12

Have I ever mentioned how much I hate Wednesdays'? Well I really HATE Wednesdays' as it is cosplay day! The boys, including Haruhi, were dressed up as police officers while I was wearing the female version...which I don't like! The dress showed a lot of cleavage and I was wearing stockings as well. And it was thanks to the twins...

I will kill them one day.

As I though that the twins put their arms around me and said in unison "You look great Maria...you should wear it more often."

I bluntly stated "No thanks. I'm not interested in your foreplay."

Haruhi and Tamaki chuckled at my comment while the twins blushed in embarrassment Suddenly the door opened and everyone composed themselves for the guest...but this guest was young. And by that I mean this little girl only looked 6.

Tamaki smiled at her gently "Oh my, what an unusually young guest! Well, glad you're here... my little lost kitty cat."

The girl walked in and stared at us, like she was figuring us out. Tamaki asked her "Little Kitty Cat, why have you come to see us today?"

Suddenly the girl pointed at us and shouted "It's a reverse harem! This is a reverse harem!"

Did she just really say that?!

Tamaki laughed nervously "That can't be right. I must have heard wrong. Maybe there's still some water in my ear from when I went swimming."

Hikaru commented "Water in the ear, that's gotta be it."

Kaoru twiddled with his ears "I'm sure we just heard her wrong. There's no way this cute little girl said the words, reverse harem. Something's going on with our ears."

The girl suddenly shouted again "There is debauchery here. Yay! There's debauchery here, isn't there?"

How does this cute little girl know about these things?

She pointed at Kyoya and stated "You're the glasses character."

She pointed at Hunny and Mori "You are the boy lolita and the stoic type."

She pointed at the twins "Twincest."

She pointed at Haruhi "The bookworm."

Then she pointed at me "The princess."

Why am I always the princess?!

When she got to Tamaki she looked at him with her eyes wide open "Big brother?" She whispered.

But she jumped on him and cried "My brother's blonde! You must be him!"

Say what?!

Hikaru looked at the boss and shouted "You never told us about this!"

Kaoru asked "Since when do you have a little sister?"

Tamaki, who was holding the little girl, replied "I don't! I'm definitely an only child... at least as far as I know."

Hunny smiled and stated "The more I look at you, the two of you do look a lot alike. You are both blonde after all."

Just because they're blonde doesn't mean they're related...

Kyoya had his hand on his chin and questioned "I want to know if glasses character's superior to big brother."

Haruhi moaned "But does it really matter? I can't believe she called me 'bookworm'."

I moaned "How do you think I feel? I'm the princess!"

She chuckled as Tamaki asked the little girl "Excuse me, you want to tell me your name, little one?"

The girl shouted "Kirimi!"

Haruhi and I looked at each other and repeated "Kirimi?" Like the tuna?

Tamaki put the girl down and bent down to her height "Kirimi-chan, I'm afraid you've made a mistake. I'm really sorry, but I don't have a younger sister."

Kirimi looked at him with puppy dog eyes "Are you sure?! You're blonde just like me!"

Tamaki picked her up and spun her around "Oh, that's true. I give in! As of this moment, I'm your new big brother! You're so cute!"

Haruhi and I looked at him unimpressed as I stated "I know you get carried away by emotion. But don't you think it's irresponsible to make such empty promises?"

Tamaki laughed to Kirimi "Don't you listen to that mean Maria! I'm not irresponsible! Come on with me! I'll look after you!"

The poor kid...

I looked at Kyoya and asked "What do you think we should do, Kyoya senpai?"

Kyoya smiled and shrugged "We should probably try to find out if she actually has a brother at this school."

Just as he said that, a dark spooky voice echoed in the music room "Kirimi... Kirimi..."

We turned around and saw a blonde haired boy behind the black door.

Hikaru and Kaoru asked "Hey, uh, who the hell are you?"

Hunny giggled "He looks like a foreigner!"

Haruhi stood next to me and asked "What's up with that? How come the door looks different all of a sudden?"

I shrugged "I have no idea..."

Suddenly a bald man stood next to the blonde boy and a maid said to the boy "You forgot your cloak."

As soon as she put the cloak on we all recognized who he was "Nekozawa senpai?!" We all shouted.

The maid said to us "Master Umehito is terribly vulnerable to any kind of bright light. For that reason, if he doesn't shroud himself in black, he will fall victim to the brightness of the outside world and will undoubtedly collapse! And just to be comfortable, he even has to cover his beautiful blond hair with a dark wig."

The bald man stated "On the other hand, his sister, Mistress Kirimi, is frightened of dark and dimly lit places."

Haruhi looked at Nekozawa and Kirimi and asked "So, this little girl is Nekozawa senpai's younger sister?"

The maid nodded "You are quite insightful. Yes, that would be correct, sir."

Hahahaha I still laugh when Haruhi is called a boy.

Nekozawa started to approach Kirimi "Kirimi... so this is where you've been hiding..."

Kirimi started crying and clung onto Tamaki "Brother, save me from the monster!"

Nekozawa continued to approach her and took out his doll "Please don't be scared. I'd like to introduce you to someone. This is 'Belzenef'. The Nekozawa family has worshipped cats for generations."

He obviously didn't realize that she was scared of him so Haruhi said to him "You know, I get the feeling she's not scared of the puppet. Call me crazy, but I think it's you."

Hikaru and Kaoru stood next to him and stated "It's probably your clothes. We'll help you change, okay?"

But as they tried to take off his cloak Nekozawa panicked and yelped "No! Don't do that! It's far too bright! I may die!"

Hunny then ran over to the curtains and started to shut them "I know. We'll just darken the room!"

But he stopped halfway when Kirimi started crying "Waah! Don't do that!"

Tamaki comforted her as I stated "Either way, someone's unhappy."

The maid stood next to me and sighed "It's a tragedy that these two siblings are such polar opposites. As a result, they have come to be known as 'the Nekozawa family's Romeo and Juliet'."

Confused with the use of THAT story I stated "But Romeo and Juliet weren't brother and sister. I think their situation was a little different."

The maid nodded and smiled while holding a banner "Oh I'm well aware of that. To be honest, it's something I just came up with on the fly. Pretty impressive, huh? I thought it might make the story more dramatic."

A sweat drop appeared on my head as I mumbled "Oh I see..."

The bald man bowed and said "We are sent by the Master's family to get our beloved Mistress Kirimi back home safely."

Hikaru looked at them and started "Is the rest of the family..."

"as out of tough as the three of you are?" Kaoru finished.

The maid shouted in anger "How dare you say such terrible things! The Nekozawas are a distinguished family. They're descendants of the Tokarev dynasty of Russia!"

Kyoya repeated "Tokarev, huh?"

Tamaki asked "Wait, you mean Romanov, right?"

The maid said to us "There's a legend that says once every few hundred years, a Nekozawa child is born, a child who's destined to be possessed by the darkness exactly like our Master Umehito. That legend may or may not be true."

Hunny asked, confused, "What do you mean, may or may not be true?"

Hikaru and Kaoru asked as well "Is it or isn't it?"

It seems real to me...

The maid then told us "Mistress Kirimi fell in love with the handsome fairy-tale prince of an older brother she had seen in portraits. However, as a result of his condition, the Master is unable to go near his sister without being shrouded in black.

"Once she learned her older brother was enrolled in high school here, she decided to go looking for him. That's what brought her to your host club. We've tried to keep her comforted by reading her bedtime stories about princely characters like her brother, but we ran out of stories...

"So recently, we decided to start reading her shojo manga that have princely characters in them. And I'm afraid she's become completely addicted."

Oh so that would explain why she knew about that...

The twins looked at each other and said in unison "I see, so that's where that came from."

Haruhi questioned "Is there really debauchery in shojo manga? But, Sashimi-chan is so young."

I shook my head and elbowed her lightly "Not 'Sashimi', It's'Kirimi'!"

Haruhi rolled her eyes and looked at Nekozawa "So, Kirimi-chan doesn't know that you're her real older brother, Nekozawa senpai?"

The maid nodded sadly "Yes. We've talked her, but she refuses to believe us."

Hunny started crying "That's so sad. Well, no wonder Neko-chan is so upset."

Nekozawa hung his head and said to us "It's painful. That's why, every night, I offer prayers and hopes that one day Kimiri will come to embrace... the darkness."

The twins looked at him and bluntly said "I think you've got it backwards, buddy."

Hikaru began "You should try to get accustomed to the light."

Kaoru finished "What're you trying to do to your sister?"

The bald man bowed to Kirimi, who was still in Tamaki's arms, and said "Come along, Mistress Kirimi."

The maid held her hand out "It's time to go home."

Kirimi clung onto Tamaki tighter and cried "NOOOOO! I'm not going with you. I don't want to go home! I wanna stay with my big brother!"

Nekozawa hung his head. I looked at him concerned as Tamaki looked at him as well "Nekozawa senpai?"

Nekozawa didn't look at us as he said "Don't worry about me, Suou. All I want is for my sister to be happy. Make sure she gets the love she deserves!"

He ran off crying back to the dark door.

Kyoya stated "Sibling relations are a source of problems in any family."

Haruhi and I looked at each other as she said "Even so, I'm kinda jealous. I grew up an only child, so I can't really relate. But I can't imagine how touch it must be to have a sibling that's so different from you that you can't even spend time together."

I nodded in agreement "I mean Haruhi and I are like sisters...but it would be nice to have actual siblings."

Tamaki put Kirimi down as she looked up at him "Is something wrong? Tell me, big brother?"

Tamaki smiled gently "I'm sorry, Kirimi-chan. But I'm not the big brother that you've been looking for. Don't worry. He is still out there. Believe it or not, you have a big brother that's even more handsome than I am. And I promise you, he's a real prince."

Haruhi began "But senpai..."

But she was interupted by Tamaki "Once she stepped foot into this room, Kirimi-chan became a guest of the host club. And it's our job to make all our guests happy. It's an absolute tragedy to see a brother and sister at odds this way. We have to do something to help them! Starting now, 'Operation, change Nekozawa senpai into the princely character of Kirimi-chan's dreams' is underway!"

Hikaru and Kaoru looked at him unimpressed "Are you serious?"

The servants looked at him in shock as the bald man began "But, sir..."

The maid continued "You want to change Umehito from a prince of darkness to a prince of light. I don't know if that's even possible."

Haruhi shouted at Tamaki "Senpai! Quit getting carried away by your emotions! Don't make promises you can't keep."

Tamaki shook his finger at Haruhi 'Oh ye of little faith'. Have you forgotten that we have an expert on our side? Someone who knows the importance of changing characters."

Me, Hikaru and Kaoru looked at each other as Hikaru began "You don't think..."

Koaru continued "He's talking about..."

Suddenly the cackling sound of Renge could be heard as I stated "Yeah, sure enough."

3 days later...

"Your golden locks glow in the candlelight. Your skin like ivory. Your smile, mysterious as a flower illuminated by the moonlight. Such beauty, it's as if... you're a cursed wax doll! Shrouded in darkness and filled with malevolence!"

Nekozawa said to the doll which got him a whack upside the head by Renge

"No way! You've got it all wrong! Numbskull! Who told you to say something like that!? How many times do I have to tell you!? You're not allowed to use any occult terms!"

Nekozawa frowned, his long blonde bangs covering his eyes "I'm really sorry. But, my vocabulary is a bit limited without those words."

Renge hit him on the head and shouted "You're not allowed to talk back to me either. You got it? A princely character would never try to come up with a sissy excuse like that! Remember, it's okay to have a dark side. Some girls like that. Cute fruity male characters always go over well with young girls. However, referencing anything related to the occult is out of the question! Mori senpai, go ahead and add that to the board."

Mori simply nodded "Wax... doll...", writing it on the board. The rest of us, expect Haruhi who was looking after Kirimi, watched the training.

Kyoya nodded "Looks like Renge is really on top of things."

Hunny smiled "Yeah, she's on a roll."

Hikaru shook his head "But I'm not sure the lines she's feeding him are appropriate to use on a sister."

I nodded in agreement "That's true, I mean it sounds like he's going to propose to a girlfriend rather than talk with his sister."

Kaoru looked at Tamaki and asked "You're just going to sit and watch, boss?"

Tamaki nodded "Of course. I don't wanna end up with a curse on me."

He's still worried about that? What an idiot...

Renge smiled and said to Nekozawa "Okay, it seems that you've memorized most of your new character lines. I think it's about time we moved on. Are you ready, senpai?"

Nekozawa panicked and stuttered "Oh, please no! It's too soon! I can't handle it yet!"

But Renge ignored him and shouted "Evil beam!" shining a torch in his face.

Nekozawa screamed and tried to hide his face from the light.

Renge shouted to him "Don't let a simple flashlight get the best of you! Work up your nerve! It's not physically affecting you. So that means it must be psychological! Even Edgar was able to face the cross once he built up his courage."

Nekozawa looked confused "But I thought you rejected the occult."

Renge turned off the torch and stated "Occult fiction is good. Occult fashion is not."

They've lost me...I'm confused...

While thinking that Renge stated "You've gotta put your heart into the delivery of these lines. You have to imagine that you're talking to Kirimi-chan."

Nekozawa shook his head "That's easy for you to say, but that doesn't look anything like her." That was true, it was Tamaki's teddy bear with a blonde wig and little dress on it.

Renge smacked him upside the head again and yelled "Would you quit complaining? Look at her through the eyes of your heart. The eyes of your heart!"

Tamaki continued "That's right. Remember why you're doing this. It's all for Kirimi-chan's sake. Just give it a shot. It'll look like her if you use your imagination."

The twins looked at each other with an evil grin and ran off.

Why do I have a bad feeling about this?

They came back with a manequin in a ruffled bikini and a wig that matched Haruhi's hair. They said together "Here you go, boss."

Tamaki turned around to see the doll as Hikaru said "We got this one ready just for you."

Koaru continued "We think you should go ahead and confess your love to this Haruhi doll."

Tamaki stuttered "Wait, this doll is... Haruhi?"

The twins grinned "You should teach him by example."

Tamaki blushed a deep red "Ha.. Haruhi... I..."

Pervy thoughts alert! Call the police!

But Haruhi walked in and saw Tamaki hugged the doll. "Excuse me."

Tamaki looked at her and panicked "Haruhi!? You are the real one! But when did you get here?"

Haruhi looked at him annoyed and said "Kirimi-chan came to the club room again today looking for you. If you've got time to do disgusting things like this, surely you can spare some time to hang out with her for a while."

Tamaki gasped and went into his emo corner while the twins laughed.

What a bunch of goofballs.

Kyoya and I walked over to Haruhi as Kyoya said "Why don't you keep her company, Haruhi? What's wrong? Don't you like children?"

She shook her head and sighed "Well no, it's not that I don't like them or anything. She's made me read about 50 volumes of shojo manga to her over the last 3 days. And to my surprise, those things really are full of reverse harems and debauchery."

We suddenly head Kirimi crying at the door "This room is dark and scary!"

Haruhi ran over to her "Oh, Kirimi-chan. I asked you to wait for me in the other room."

Tamaki went over to Kirimi and picked her up, spinning her around a bit "What's wrong, little one? There, there, calm down. You see? There is nothing to be afraid of. Here we go!"

Kirimi laughed as we heard Nekozawa chant "I am a handsome, princely big brother! I am a handsome, princely big brother! I am a handsome, princely big brother! I am a handsome, princely big brother! I am a handsome, princely big brother! I am a handsome, princely big brother! I am a handsome, princely big brother! And I'm not afraid of this flash light! Self evil beam!"

He shone the flashlight in his face as Hunny cheered "He did it!"

Renge smiled "Nekozawa senpai's come a long way. He is able to shine a flashlight in his own face!"

Hikaru and Koaru popped some party poppers and clapped "Bravo, senpai, bravo."

Haruhi gave a thumbs up "Good job. I'm impressed."

I smiled "We knew you could do it."

Tamaki put Kirimi down and smiled "You did it! Your little sister is going to be so thrilled. Look there, Kirimi-chan. That gentleman is your real big brother."

Tamaki suddenly had a daydream and Haruhi shook her head at him "You're just complicating things. Could you please cut that out? It's not gonna help, you know."

Tamaki looked at her innocently "Huh? Did you just say something?"

I then noticed Kirimi started crying at the sight of her brother shining a light in his face and ran out of the school crying. Nekozawa shouted after her but to no avail.

Hikaru began "So, I guess shining the flashlight in his face..."

"Scared her and sent her running." Koaru finished.

Nekozawa fell to his knees and sniffled "Oh, Kirimi."

Tamaki looked at him concerned "Nekozawa senpai?"

Nekozawa didn't look up but stated to Tamaki "I've had enough. Even if I continue the special training, there's no guarantee that Kirimi will ever accept me... I think she'd be better off if you acted as her brother in my stead, Suou."

Tamaki frowned his eyebrows and stated "But that's ridiculous. You're the big brother she is looking for. If you care about her, you will do whatever takes to win her over."

We opened the curtains as Hikaru looked out the window "Hey, look. Kirimi-chan hasn't made it out of the courtyard."

We all looked out the window as Koaru said "But there's something down there with her. Oh, it's just a cat."

Hikaru stated "Your family sure does love cats."

Koaru finished "Even strays warm up to you guys."

Nekozawa ran to window and panicked "What did you say? They're revered by our family, it's true. But Kirimi wouldn't participate in something like that. Something as occult as befriending a stray cat. Kirimi is afraid of animals and cats are the creatures she fears the most! Kirimi!"

Suddenly he jumped out of the window...smashing it into a million pieces. "Nekozawa senpai!" Tamaki shouted.

Haruhi and I stated "But he's not wearing his black cloak!"

We didn't hear them but we saw Nekozawa running to his sister to help her with the cat, she smiled at him and presumably, called him her big brother. He then fainted from the exposure to the sun.

The next day we were in the host club as Hikaru stated "He probably got more sun that he ever will again in that one day."

Hunny added "That may be true. But he immediately went running for the darkness again..."

Koaru shook his head "Yeah, we should have known. What a waste. He's back to wearing all those black clothes again."

Haruhi smiled "But even so." I smiled with her; it wasn't a waste at all...Kirimi has finally found her big brother.

A/N: *Hiding* I am soooooo sorry this took so long to come out. I have mountains of school work to do which it taking over my life! Please don't kill me! I will try and get the next one out quicker!