CHAPTER SIXTEEN
When I woke up I saw Mitsukuni's head on my chest, I hope he was just trying to make sure I still had a heart beat. Coughing slightly I asked him,
"Mitsukuni…what are you doing?" He suddenly fell backwards. I guess I had shocked him.
"Kitty! Yay you're awake!" Mitsukuni helped me up, before giving me a tight hug, which made the blood rush to my face, but only slightly.
"D-do you know where we are? Or where the others are right now?" I was very happy not to be alone right now.
"Not sure but we'll be fine! I'll protect you!" His statement made me giggle slightly, I knew he could protect me, but I could also protect myself. I was much tougher then I looked to be. I smiled at Mitsukuni,
"That's good to know…"
"Let's go look for everyone!" I giggled lightly again, he still had a lot of energy after a near death situation. I quietly followed behind Mitsukuni…maybe I should start calling him Honey now; he did basically save my life. I knew for sure that I could trust him, and that he wouldn't betray my friendship like all the others had… everyone except Kin.
"Hey… Mitsukuni…would it bother you if I started calling you Honey like everyone else does?" I asked as we were walking in the jungle like area.
"…Why?" He sounded slightly unhappy about my question.
"You sound unhappy about my question why?" I answered his question with a question of my own, I didn't want to tell him how I didn't have any friends out side of Kin and the Host Club. I didn't want him to know about my slight, unnoticeable, trust issues.
"I like how you call me 'Mitsukuni' it makes you different from everyone else…and we are close friends, right?" I stood for a second, staring blankly in front of me, before answering,
"I guess that does make sense… and we are good friends! The best!" I swung my arm around his shoulder, giving him a half hug. I was glad he thought us to be close friends. I don't think I could ever call him my best friend that spot would always be taken by Kin; she was the friend that had always stuck with me and took care of me. She was also the only one that knew my fears; my parents hardly even knew what I was truly afraid of. Though I hoped that someday Mitsukuni and the rest of the hosts would be friends similar to that, I wanted to have people around me, people that I liked, cared for, and truly trusted. As we stood there, slightly, hugging it suddenly begun to rain. I glanced up at the sky, I bet if I wasn't missing, then Kin would be really happy, she loves standing in the rain. Looking around Mitsukuni and I both saw a fairly large hollow tree trunk, I was thankful we were both small in size, or this would have been incredibly awkward and uncomfortable. We both sat there in silence for a few minutes before Mitsukuni asked me,
"Why does Kin call you Ellie?" I smiled, I guess everyone had picked up on the different, slightly odd, name that Kin calls me.
"Well… as you know Kin and I used to go to the same school. Since my name is Katherine, everyone decided to call me Kate, I'm not sure why they did, but I really dislike that name. Soon after Kin started to call me Ellie, my middle name is Elenora, to make up for everyone calling me Kate. Which was amazing because Kin doesn't really like nicknames, yet she always called, and still does call, me Ellie." Again we sat in silence for a moment, before speaking again,
"How did you and Kin meet?" I glanced at him, giggling at the memory.
"Well there was a party, one of the really rich dancing party, and my dad had brought my mommy and I. Kin's family was also there, her parents are lawyers and often are invited to parties, and her parents introduced the two of us." I paused for a second to breath, "While her parent's introduced us, she was glaring at me. The moment her parents left she told me 'don't expect me to like you just because you're a rich little girl, that doesn't mean anything to me.' As she spoke I just looked up at her, I had also been a small girl. I had simply replied, 'How old are you? I think we're the same age I'm eight! And I don't think like that, I think everyone is basically the same regardless of if they're rich or poor. People are still people, and should be treated by how they act, not how much money they have.' She just stuttered slightly, and walked away, then throughout the night she would glare at me, I think she was annoyed that she had been wrong and I wasn't some snobby rich girl. She had scared me slightly. Though later we became really good friends." I smiled, catching my breath slightly, looking up I noticed that the rain was slowing down, "Sorry for such a long story, though the rain is letting up. We should go look for the others again." I smiled slightly, giggling again.
Mitsukuni nodded at my statement, and we left the sheltered, hollowed, tree trunk. After we walked for a few moments, I ask Mitsukuni,
"Maybe we should climb a tree to see if we can see anyone?"
"Great idea Kitty!" Mitsukuni then started to climb up a tree; I followed behind him, having more issue because of my bathing suit making moving around a little harder. Oddly enough when we reached the top we did see people. There were some weird guys in uniform, I guess policemen, surrounding Takashi who was holding Haruhi in his arms and Kin. Suddenly Mitsukuni and I heard one guy say,
"The target has been captured by a suspicious man and woman. Now taking subject into custody. You there! Let the boy go, or we will resort to using force!" I was very confused now.
"Oh, hold on!" Haruhi spoke, trying to fix the issue, but then they tried to take Haruhi away, which I assume angered Takashi because he violently hit the guy away from him. Takashi's response made one man say,
"The man is resisting! Ready to fire warning shots!" I noticed that next to me, Mitsukuni grabbed onto a vine, about to swing down into the 'fight'. I would have done the same, but Mitsukuni could easily take care of these men. Also I wanted to see Mitsukuni fighting, he is supposed to be the best after all. As Mitsukuni was swinging he shouted,
"Takashi, Haru-chan, Kin, move!" Mitsukuni smashed in one guy's helmet soon after releasing the vine, then he did a really cool flip making him land on his feet with one hand on the ground. One of the guys spoke as he turned to look at Mitsukuni,
"What do you think you're doing, pipsqueak!?" Then another one pointed his gun at Mitsukuni and said,
"No matter, get this one, too!" Mitsukuni then gave an excited grin. I'd have to try sparring with him sometime, though he would have to go easy on me. After grinning Mitsukuni charged toward the guy, and threw him on the ground. This was very exciting to watch, it had been a long time since I had fought. Kin was the one who had taught me to fight, and we used to spar a lot, but we didn't have nearly enough time to do so now. I watched, a huge almost scary, grin on my face. I loved to watch fights, almost as much as participating in them. Though I doubted that Mitsukuni knew that. As Mitsukuni kept beating up the guys, and throwing them into the ground I looked over to where Haruhi, Takashi and Kin stood. I took in their expressions. Takashi looked bored and indifferent, Haruhi looked freaked out from not knowing that Mitsukuni could fight like this, and Kin also looked bored. Though Kin also was looking around, I guess trying to figure out where I was. I looked back over to see Mitsukuni stand up and say,
"Don't go being so reckless. Picking on my friends is a no-no." I giggled softly, he looked so cute and innocent, but the men he had beaten up were lying around him, one of their legs was even twitching. Suddenly Tamaki, Hikaru, Kaoru, and Kyouya came running over. As they were running over Tamaki shouted,
"Haruhi! Haruhi, are you all right!?" It amused me that Tamaki didn't ask Kin or Takashi if they were okay, then again he knew that those two could easily take care of themselves. He also didn't notice Mitsukuni standing there. Mitsukuni then turned towards them and said,
"Hey it's Tama-chan!" I noticed that the twins slowed down, and they said,
"Oh wow…" Hikaru spoke.
"Honey-senpai! You okay senpai?" Kaoru said
"Haruhi!" Tamaki yelled running over to hug her… I doubt he noticed she was missing until Kyouya said something. Hugging her he spoke, "I was so worried about you." The twins started to poke two different men that had been beaten up and Hikaru said,
"Not sure what happened here, but they seem okay they're alive." Kaoru responded to Hikaru's statement,
"Well, Honey-senpai was the one who did this, right? Then he must have been holding back."
"Huh? What do you mean by that?" Haruhi questioned the twins, while removing Tamaki's arms from where they were hugging her.
"Huh?"
"You don't know?" The twins asked Haruhi. "The Haninozuka's have been famous for their martial arts for generations. They're instructed not just the police and SDF, but overseas military forces, as well."
"In particular, Honey-senpai has been called the dreadnaught of the Haninozuka family, for as long as it' been around, and by the time he was in middle school, he was the national champion in both karate and judo." After Kyouya spoke Mitsukuni turned to look at Kyouya and Haruhi, giving off a cute smile, giving the opposite effect of being a karate and judo champion. Then Tamaki started to speak,
"Incidentally, Mori-senpai also became the national champion in kendo, when he was in middle school." Getting tired of standing, I quietly sat down on the branch I was still on top of, I was curious to see how long it would take them to notice I was still 'missing'. Suddenly Haruhi asked,
"Hey where's Kitty-senpai? We thought she would be with you Honey-senpai…" Mitsukuni then glanced around, he hadn't notice that I was still in the tree, for some reason none of them saw me. Mitsukuni replied to Haruhi's question,
"I don't know, she was with me a few minutes ago…" I giggled lightly, though none of them heard my giggle. Then Kin finally spoke up,
"She's in the tree. She's been there the whole time." Her eyes swiftly met mine, making a small shiver go up my spine, it always freaked me out how she almost always knew where I was. I always lost when I tried to play Hide-in-seek with Kin, she'd find me within moments. I then stood to my feet, hearing Tamaki shouting not to jump, that they would come get me, and help me down. I scoffed slightly at that, before jumping off of the branch, doing a slight flip, landing on my feet. After I landed on the ground I whined to Kin,
"Kin… You just had to ruin my fun didn't you." I stuck my tongue out at Kin, before pulling it back in muttering with a sad look on my face, "I still have no clue how you do that…"
"H-how did you d-do that!?" Oh Tamaki…..
"Don't be stupid Tamaki. Kin is a dancer, she has the best reflexes I've ever seen." I was glad that Kin had answered the question, because I would have gone into a rambling speech.
"Hey Honey-senpai, Kitty-senpai, how did you guys find us?"
"It wasn't hard. It didn't take us long to reach the end of the current pool, so we decided to go looking for everyone." Suddenly the police people started to speak again,
"We humbly apologize!"
"I am a 2nd generation student of the Ishizuka Dojo!"
"I am a student of the Todoroki Dojo!"
"I'm from the Otake Dojo! We are in your debt!" These guys sure were odd…
"Why? Is something wrong?" Mitsukuni asked the police people, as I giggled slightly in the back, these men were really funny.
"Yes, sir! We're so sorry! We were completely unaware that we were looking for Haninozuka Mitsukuni, and have committed a terrible offense! Although, even though it may have been an accident, my dojo will take pride in the day that I was able to engage you, Mitsukuni, personally, for generations to come!" Then Mitsukuni started Takashi on his head, which was funny due to the height difference.
"Takashi, you did very well protecting Haru-chan. You didn't get lonesome without me around, right?" Mitsukuni was really adorable sometimes…. then again I did similar things myself. Takashi's eyes flickered over to Haruhi before he answered,
"I wouldn't say that." Mitsukuni just smiled, and gave off a small giggle, or I guess a laugh since he's a guy. As we were walking back Hikaru said,
"You know, maybe next time we should go to the beach…"
"Yeah the beach would be nice." I noticed that Kin's face brightened at the mention of the beach. Kin really loved to swim in the ocean, but neither of us had gone to the beach in a long time.
"You idiots, Haruhi wouldn't be interested in that." Tamaki spoke.
"I might not mind going to the beach. This obviously artificial location may not be any fun, but the beach would be nice. It's pretty there." I giggled; obviously Haruhi had confused the guys.
"Also Kin and I love the beach! It's calm and relaxing there…" All of a sudden Tamaki seemed to be all for the beach, I think it was because of Haruhi.
"All right, you got it! Next, we go to the beach!"
"We're all going to the beach next. That will be fun, huh?" Mitsukuni leaned on Takashi's head, seeming to be asking him. Takashi looked up at Mitsukuni saying,
"Yeah."
I giggled looking up at Kin asking her,
"That would be fun and exciting wouldn't it Kin?" She smiled softly at me, nodding her head saying,
"Yeah Kitty, that's be awesome." She was just barely able to hide her own excitement at the thought of going to the beach. After we all agreed going to the beach would be fun we left, all tired and ready to go home. I didn't even get to have my nap today, unless me passing out counted? Once more Kin stayed the night at my house because my mother was staying late at the bakery….