Hey guys, it's me again. I already posted this chapter accidently on my other story for Gakuen Alice, so if you've already read it, oops. But I'll go ahead and post it here now.

Right now, I have to say that I'm going to have to need some comfort. I know that people don't really like to hear a person sob and cry about how 'crappy' their life is, so if you don't want to hear it, just scroll down. I understand. Just start reading.

But for those who are willing to hear my sad, seemingly unimportant to others story, thank you for reading. So, you may not know this, but I have a little sister. She enjoys to talk to her friends on a chat room. So, I decided to sign up for it. The first few days were so fun! I had a great time talking to people. And then, today, just before I sat down to write this, a girl says I'm pissing her off even though I am just talking like I usually would. And, just so you know, I'm a verysensitive girl. So now, as I write this, I stayed off of the chat room and I'm crying silently so that my sister who is sitting behind me while she talks on the chat room doesn't hear me. I feel like crap. So now, I'm all like, am I really that annoying? Does my personality really revolt so many people like that? Do any of my friends feel that way, but just let me hang around so that they don't feel guilty for making me feel bad? Great, now I feel so insecure. I think I'll write this in one of my chapters for Selfless.

So yeah, this is how I feel. Sorry if I bored any of you. And thanks to those who bothered to listen (or rather, read). I really appreciate it. But, now I kind of need some concelation. I don't want to let my sister know that I'm practically crying my eyes out because of the way her 'friend' was acting. And I really don't want to tell any of my family about the incident because they'll make a huge fuss about it. So yeah. If you don't mind, please review. Thanks.

So now that that's over, let's get to the story.

DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own Ouran High School Host Club. Also, the original plot does not belong to me. The original plot belongs to ibanana.

A Stray

~Chapter 4~

The pound was open. Haruhi sighed in relief. Thank goodness another 'pet store' situation didn't happen. If it were closed, Haruhi would've driven herself into a frustrated fit.

Haruhi 'elegantly' walked into the pound, Tamaki and the black puppy following. She made her way up to the informational desk, the lady giving her a smile when she noticed Haruhi was there.

"Hello," the woman greeted, "How may I help you?"

"Hi, I'm here to ask if anyone has lost their pets," Haruhi replied, picking the two puppies up and showing the woman.

"Oh, no one has come in or called for any…"

"Oh…"

"If you want, I could take them and care for them until the owners come."

Haruhi looked down to the two. They seemed scared; freaked out at the fact that they could easily be taken from her. And she couldn't say no to those cute eyes that they gave her…

"No, it's okay. I'll take care of them. I'll just give you my contact information…?"

"That's fine," the lady answered. "Just write it down on this…"

Haruhi did just as the clerk said, writing down her name, number, and any other contact that may be necessary to reach her.

"And if the owner doesn't come?" Haruhi asked.

The woman turned to her, giving her a smile. "You could keep them, if you like."

Haruhi smiled as well. She liked that idea.

Nodding, Haruhi turned around and walked to the door, making sure that the two puppies were following her. "Come on guys, let's go to the pet shop."

After all, she knew that she couldn't keep feeding the two left overs… right?

Hikaru and Kaoru stretched, their tails flicking behind them. They were used to the fact that they were turned into identical, orange Tabby Kittens a while ago. They were just annoyed that they couldn't find the two most important people their school club (and friendship circle) had: Tamaki Suoh and Kyoya Ootori.

Without them… well, nothing would happen. But Kyoya must have his paws full trying to take care of the spontaneous puppy by himself. Oh great, now they were thinking in animal terms.

"Mori-senpai," Hikaru and Kaoru mewed, "has Honey-senpai woken up yet?"

The Rottweiler shook his head. The two sighed. Even though he was turned into a fuzzy bunny, Honey-senpai still slept in.

And they still needed to find the other two.

"Why don't we just go back to Ouran?" Hikaru asked.

"Yeah," Kaoru agreed. "I'm sure Tono and Kyoya can take care of themselves."

Mori nodded. Using his teeth, he picked Honey up carefully and placed him on his back.

Together, the four of them made their way to Ouran, passing through many commoner streets and made sure to stay out of the peoples' way. But, in front of a pet store, Mori stopped.

Just as the twins were about to comment, Mori motioned towards the window, looking into the building. And what they saw surprised them.

"Is that," Honey, now awake, asked, "Tama-chan and Kyo-chan?"

A bell rang when Haruhi walked into the store. She held the door open for the two puppies trailing after her. She dropped off some found fliers (now with both Tamaki and the new puppy she dubbed Kyo) at the front desk and then led the way to the dog food aisle.

All of a sudden, there was a loud scream and, out of nowhere, a crowd of gigantic (well, not gigantic but full grown) dogs came running down the aisle straight toward Haruhi and the puppies.

As Haruhi tried to dodge the dogs and keep Tamaki and Kyo (Kyoya) safe, a dog pushed her over.

Haruhi let out a yelp as she fell. And she fell down, hitting her head on the metal stands… hard.

Soon, the dogs dispersed. And what Tamaki saw sent chills down his back. Across from him, on the other side of the aisle, Kyoya was unconscious, smushed underneath a bag of puppy food. And just a few paces from him was Haruhi, knocked unconscious and buried underneath a whole rack of things (including the rack).

A group of workers for the pet store came out, running to catch all of the run-away dogs. Tamaki knew that they didn't notice Kyoya or Haruhi yet. And if they were left alone, they could get even more hurt than they already are. So, Tamaki did the only thing that he knew would get their attention. He barked.

And he kept on barking. He didn't stop until some workers came over to them. They gasped. Immediately, they started uncovering Haruhi and Kyoya. Kyoya woke up right when they began unburying him. He had a slight limp in his walk when he stood. But with Haruhi, it was a different story.

She had a whole lot more stuff on top of her. And those racks were much harder to move, seeing as they were just as heavy as her.

And, throughout the whole thing, she didn't even wink an eyelash. She gave no sign that she was living. The only thing that offset it was the fact that she was breathing. And her heart beat that Tamaki was easily able to hear. But still, the fact that she was so still scared him.

One of the employees called the hospital, asking for an ambulance. Another one looked through Haruhi's purse and used her phone to find her father's contact number.

The two arrived at the same time.

Ranka pushed his way to Haruhi as the ambulance workers checked on her well-being.

"She doesn't seem to have any broken bones," the ambulance worker said. "But we should take her in just in case she has a concussion."

Ranka nodded, wiping worried tears off of his cheeks. He, as well as Tamaki and a slightly limping Kyoya followed. They boarded the ambulance, the workers allowing the two puppies on as well. And when they reached the hospital, they got a room for Haruhi and gave Haruhi, who woke up once she was placed in the room, a checkup.

The doctor turned to Ranka, only now noticing the puppies. "U-um…" the doctor regained his composure and took a deep breath. "She has a mild concussion but I think she is fine to go home. She has a few cuts a bruises but they aren't too bad. Just don't make her do anything physically or emotionally draining.

"Alright," Ranka replied. "Thank you, Doctor."

"No problem," he replied. "And stay safe."

The doctor left the room, leaving the father and daughter (with two forgotten puppies) to themselves.

"Haruhi, what happened?" Ranka asked, sitting down next to his daughter.

"I don't know…" Haruhi said. "All I remember is hearing barking and hitting my head.

"Yeah," Ranka sighed, "That's a definite sign of concussions."

"Well…" Haruhi trailed off, sweeping her eyes over the room. Just then, she noticed Kyoya was limping. "What happened to Kyo?"

Kyoya blinked as he found himself being picked up by Haruhi. She began fussing over him and checked his paw. He yelped in pain, jolting away from her touch.

"Oops, sorry," Haruhi whispered. "I didn't mean to hurt you."

Haruhi turned to look at her father. With pleading eyes, she asked, "Can we go home now?"

As soon as they got home, Haruhi ran (or fast walked because she couldn't quite move that fast) to the bathroom cabinet, taking out the first aid kit. Then, she quickly made her way back to the living room, placing Kyoya on her lap so that she could dress his paw.

Tamaki tried not to mind it.

But it was pretty hard. He couldn't ignore that look Kyoya got whenever he looked at Haruhi. It seemed as if he were interested in her too. Instantly, he was jealous. It wasn't fair that Haruhi gave Kyoya so much attention. Tamaki found her first (or she found him first). He deserved her more than Kyoya.

Soon, but not soon enough, Haruhi finished dressing Kyoya's paw and placed him back on the floor.

"You are such an animal lover, Haruhi!" Ranka laughed, sitting on the couch next to her.

"Shut up, Dad."

Ranka laughed as Haruhi grabbed the remote. When she turned it on to the news, they were both surprised. And Tamaki and Kyoya were frozen on the spot, staring at the T.V's screen.

"Tamaki Suoh, heir of the richest man on Earth, and also heir to the most successful hotel chain in the world and the prestigious Ouran Academy has gone missing earlier this week along with his friends Kyoya Ootori, Mitsukuni Haninozuka, Takeshi Morinozuka, and twins Hikaru and Kaoru Hitachiin," A news reported said, cutting to pictures of all the boys together in their uniforms to Ouran Academy. "No leads have been found but police continue to search for signs of the group of friends' disappearance. A reward has gone out for each person found being 1 million Yen. If anyone has anything they know regarding these young men, please call the number below."

The living room was silent for a little. And just when Haruhi thought it would stay that way, Ranka decided to speak up.

"Who knew that such a tragic thing could happen," he said quietly. "All of them disappearing at once? There has to be something wrong with that."

"I hope they're okay," Haruhi mumbled, her eyes never leaving the screen.

For some reason, she couldn't stop looking at the blond boy. Those violet eyes, those beautiful violet eyes look so familiar to her. She doesn't know where she's seen them before. Maybe she saw him sometime in her life? Maybe this past week? And that hair! Oh, it's a shade so familiar to her! But how in the world does she know this?

The news went onto commercial and Haruhi tore her gaze away from the T.V. She swears she saw those guys before…

All of a sudden, a picture of Tamaki, the dog, popped up into her head. His big violet eyes, that golden fur, it was the same shade as Tamaki, the humans'. And when Haruhi just randomly heard a voice that said his name was Tamaki, and how he reacted to the name…

But how in the world could that be possible? He's just a puppy!

She shifted her gaze to Tamaki, now sitting at her feet.

She jumped in surprise and laughed a bit. "You startled me…"

Haruhi sighed. Why was she so jumpy? Why was she thinking that a puppy could be the guy that was on the News? Just because he was missing doesn't mean that he turned into a puppy in some sort of mysterious manner… right?

"Haruhi, dinner's ready!"

Haruhi blinked. She didn't even notice her father get up, let alone start making dinner. It wasn't until then that she could hear the clanking of pots and pans in the kitchen. Sighing, Haruhi stood up and started down the hallway, making her way to her room.

"I'm not hungry," Haruhi said. "Can you feed Tamaki and Kyo for me?"

Ranka poked his head out of the kitchen, staring at his daughter's retreating back. "Sure," he replied. "Are you alright?" He asked, giving her a worried look.

"Yeah. Just tired."

Just as she was about to close the door, Tamaki ran in. Haruhi blinked. Sighing, she shook her head and closed the door. She should just go with it. After all, it's just Tamaki.

Haruhi made her way towards her drawers and took out some white pajama shorts and a purple tank top. She decided that, since she was lazy (and slightly emotionally drained), she would take a shower in the morning.

Tamaki started freaking out when Haruhi started to change. But, of course, he made sure that Haruhi didn't notice. So, just so that he didn't feel like a pervert, he covered his eyes with his paws. He swears if he were human, Haruhi would have given him a million nose bleeds already with all the things she does.

Haruhi finished changing and looked at Tamaki. When she saw his position, she giggled. But, soon, it melted away and she felt, once again, like crap. Her brain was officially mush.

Haruhi flopped onto the bed face first. Only when Tamaki jumped onto the bed and prodded her with his nose did she slip beneath the sheets.

Tamaki crawled underneath the sheets as well, curling up at Haruhi's neck. Haruhi scratched behind Tamaki's ear as she thought. And then, a thought popped into her mind.

"I didn't brush my teeth," she said aloud.

Tamaki wanted to laugh.

Haruhi groaned and rubbed her cheek against the top of Tamaki's head. "Tomorrow," she muttered.

Tamaki knew that if he were human, he would have blushed.

Haruhi fell asleep, slipping into a dream where Tamaki was the human Tamaki. She knew immediately that it wasn't real.

~Chapter 4 End~

I hope you all liked it. Please let me know how I did by dropping a review.

And thanks to all those who have reviewed last chapter. I really appreciate it. But, I'm sorry to say that I won't be listing your names down here. I'll just skip that part. I need to go before my sis gets suspicious about the little whimpers I make when I cry. And sorry for raining on the parade. It's just… yeah.

Bye.