St. Lobelia Academy's Zuka Club was waiting for their newest member to come out of the dressing room.
Benio was standing closest to the door as she turned her head and saw their new member stand before them.
"Perfect! The colors really do well on you."
The girl looked at herself in the mirror and turned back around with a sweet smile to her face.
"Arigato. Demo you remember that you can call me by my first name, Ichigo."
Chizuru clasped her hands together, "Ichigo-sama … third year of high school … shall be called … what's a good name for her?"
Hinako tightened her hair ribbon a little bit and overlooked Ichigo again.
"That's a good question … Lady of the Rose, Lady of the Lily, Lady of the Daisy … I don't really know myself."
Benio held Ichigo close to her, "what shall we call you my new blossom?"
Ichigo blushed a little as she held the girls scream and back up against the wall.
She looked down and saw a mouse, "Blanca!"
She bent over as Blanca ran up her arm and rested on her shoulder.
Benio unfroze from her manner and did a fake cough as she held out her arms and took only one step ahead.
"A mouse as a pet … I think I've chosen a name for you."
Ichigo held her hands on her chest, "really?"
Benio pointed at her, "it's decided, your name of the St. Lobelia All Girls Academy, shall be Oleander."
Ichigo held Blanca close to her face, "it's cute!"
The other two members held up their white lilies and stood by Benio's side.
"Ichigo Mieux … daughter to Vanilla Mieux … shall be called Lady of the Oleander."
Ichigo looked out the window and saw the fans of the Zuka Club yelling their names out towards the window.
Ichigo narrowed her eyes and walked away from the window, "can you please excuse me for a second?"
Benio looked at her, "why? We're about to leave for that useless school and club to try to get our lady."
"Ichigo-sama? Take the hearts of the fans when you walk out-chu."
Ichigo followed the other member of the Zuka Club, down several corridors and stairwells, through the hallways and doors until they reached the front gate. She got in the limo with the other girls and sat quietly as she thought about her strange assignment of heart collecting.
Since she's going to an all girls' school she's more than allowed to gain their hearts, she wants to gain their hearts.
Ichigo was just as normal as a human in looks but her witch tends to get in the way sometimes.
She had short curly hair and eyes like her mom but her hair color and skin color she got after dad. Her hair was like a dark blonde light blue-black color and her skin was tanned.
Ichigo held Blanca in her palms that were sitting in her lap, she rubbed the top of her head as Blanca made a happy face.
"I never noticed until now Ichigo-san."
Ichigo looked up at Benio whom was sitting right next to her, "you're not any of the other girls are you? You act as though there's something you must keep a secret, what's wrong kitten?"
Ichigo pulled her small necklace out into the open from beneath her uniform, "my family's heirloom … the diamond shaped pendants … they represent a grand honor that comes to my family every so often. Why do you ask Benio?"
Benio rubbed her back a bit until she turned back around to stare out the window, "the way you speak of honor and family … and the way you hold that rat in your hand … is just different than anyone else I know of."
Ichigo looked down and saw Blanca holding a handkerchief to her mouth while pulling down on it the same time.
"Blanca's a mouse … mice are my family's familiars while frogs are my best friends familiars."
The girls all stared at her as if she said something she wasn't suppose to say.
"What did I say?"
"Familiars?"
"What about them?"
"What are you really into Ichigo Mieux?"
She pulled Blanca close to her face, "you'll know later on in life."
The car pulled up in front of Ouran just as she said that.
The girls stepped out and walked up to the front gate.
Ichigo stared at all the luminous chandeliers, the grand dining rooms, all the famous paintings that she couldn't remember a single name too, and all the people staring at them.
The other three members kept their serious faces on as they walked down hallways and corridors.
Ichigo saw how determined they were but couldn't help but overhear all the students.
"The Zuka Club's back? How many times must they face the Host Club?"
"Host Club," Ichigo thought to herself.
"The new girl is kind of cute, but our Zakuro-san is far more beautiful than her."
"Zakuro? She's here too?"
"I heard that Zakuro-san joined the Host Club."
"Really? Then that's another person they should be after. But Fujioka-san is a boy … I wonder why they would be interested in him?"
"Don't know really, just that they are very determined into overthrowing the Host Club once and for all."
"So that's it," Ichigo thought again, "they want me to help them into getting rid of this Host Club. But if Zakuro really is part of them then I can't hurt them."
Zakuro had shivers going up and down her spin as she watched the Hosts do their duty to entertain their girly guests.
She felt her stomach churn with sickness as she watched Tamaki please almost every girl I the room with just a simple smile.
Duke was sitting on her shoulder with a mini sized pencil and notebook writing something down and occasionally looking up.
"There's a lot from humans that are just plain helpful sometimes-kero."
Zakuro narrowed her eyes as she turned her head a bit then back at the club.
"I'm gonna be sick."
"Well be sure to do it with grace-kero."
Zakuro balled up her fist, grabbed Duke, and threw him across the room where he landed right on Tamaki's head.
Everyone started to freak out besides Tamaki whom saw Zakuro actually smile on her own since she got there.
He picked up Duke and walked over to Zakuro.
He bent down to one knee, took one of her hands, and kissed the back of it.
Zakuro stopped laughing and watched him the entire time.
Something in the back of her head said not to get close to him but she couldn't help but admit that she has a heart of her own and it's …
"Ow!"
"Zakuro?"
Tamaki stood up just as Zakuro took a step back and held her hand over her heart as the pain slowly went away.
"I'm fine … when I show emotion like that it begins to hurt. Guess I have whatever mother has."
He made his puppy face as he hugged her, "gomen!"
She got ticked off and did the same thing her mother used to do.
"Kick your butt!"
Tamaki went across the room as the girls all suddenly had noir hearts.
"Why did she do that?"
"Maybe because she thinks she's so beautiful."
"I hate her now."
Duke did his peek-a-boo glasses as he looked at all the girls, every single one had a noir heart.
"Hmmm … Sugar Sugar Rune! Zaku Rune! Noir Hearts … Come to me!"
Every single noir heart she picked up and went inside her heart pendant.
