Meeting the Host Club

Chapter 9: Kidnapped

Kei's POV

I looked at the two bodies. They were almost identical. They both were wearing the same school uniform, the same hairstyle and the same face. I just couldn't tell which one is Hikari.

"Master Kei," one of his guards said. "Which one is Hikari?"

Another guard took the little one and his friend to one of the rooms.

I looked at both of the bodies. I just couldn't tell whose is who. They were practically identical. Then, I noticed something. They both have different eye colours. One of them had brown eyes while the other had dark bluish eyes. I then tried to remember what Hikari's eye colour was. Then, I remembered Hikari looking at me with what I think were brown eyes.

"I remember!" I said pointing to the person with brown eyes. "That is definitely my Hikari."

Then the guard carried the person with brown eyes into the house while another guard took the other person into the same room as the little one and his friend.

Hikari's POV

"Stop it!"

I was in a dark room. Inside were the members of the host club, Takishima and me. Beside me was a bunch of beat up bodies of the host club. They were still alive, but badly hurt. Beside Takishima was Tamaki, who was on the cold floor unconscious. Takishima was holding a badly hurt Haruhi by the collar.

"This is your punishment for luring my sweet, precious Hikari into her misery!" He yelled. "You're such a low life!"

Haruhi was crying. Then, Takishima slapped her so hard that she fell on the ground unconscious.

"You know, out of all those low lives," Takishima said to the unconscious Haruhi. "You and Tamaki were the worst of all."

I just stood there, crying, because I was unable to help them.

"K… Kei!" I screamed. "Please stop!"

Suddenly, I woke up. I was in a tidy room. It had three beds, a television, a table and a washroom, complete with a toilet, a sink and a shower. In front of me was a mirror. I gazed into my dark bluish eyes. Then, I noticed that I didn't have a blindfold on me and that my hands were free and the gag was taken off of my mouth. I walked over to the door and tried to get out, but it was locked shut.

I then looked at the bed and noticed that Honey was still asleep and Mori was awake. I walked over to him and bowed apologetically.

"Mori, I'm really sorry," I said.

"It's okay," said Mori. "I know you didn't mean to."

Then, all of a sudden, I heard the door unlock as someone came in. She was one of the maids that accompanied me when I took care of Takishima when he was sick. She walked in holding a tray of rice balls as well as teapot filled with some sort of tea.

"Master Kei wanted to give this to you," the maid said as she put down the food in front of us. "Anyways, see you later, Honey, Mori and Haruhi."

"Goodbye," I said in response.

"Wait a minute. Did she call me Haruhi?"

I then remembered that last night, Haruhi was disguised as Rei. She probably forgot to change out of it.

"What if Takishima mistook Haruhi for me?"

Then, I became worried about the well being of Haruhi. What would Takishima do to her?

Haruhi's POV

I woke up to find myself not inside the apartment anymore. I looked at myself in the mirror and stared at my brown eyes. I looked around and saw myself on a large bed. Around me was an open room with white walls. Suddenly, I remembered something.

It was 9 o'clock at night. We returned from meeting Ryuu at Kei's house. I was putting on a school uniform since I needed to wear it if there's any chance for this plan to work. I then took my cellphone and called Megumi.

"Megumi," I asked over the phone, "Can you tell Kei that Rei will be sick in bed tomorrow?"

I then heard a rustle of her sketchbook and a pen making marks over the paper. Suddenly, Jun came on the phone.

"She said that she would," Jun said. "By the way, is this part of a plan?"

"Yes," I said. "I will pretend to be Hikari when she goes to school. Then, he would probably kidnap me."

"Why do you want to do that?" asked Jun.

"So that I can ensure that Hikari would be safe from him." I instantly replied.

I immediately hung up.

"So that is what had happened," I said to myself remembering the events before my kidnapping. "Well, my plan's going good so far."

Then, I heard a knock on the door. I opened it. It was Kei.

"He… Hello Kei," I said.

"Wow," he said impressed. "So you're calling me by first name, Hikari."

"Yes… I am," I said uncomfortably.

"Was I supposed to do that?"

He then grabbed my hand and took me downstairs. In front of me was a bunch of what appears to be fancy tuna in front of me. I stared at it, trying to seem nonchalant despite my excitement.

He then sat on the opposite end of the table and we started to eat.

After a few minutes, Kei started to speak.

"Hikari," he said suddenly.

"What do you want?" I asked trying to sound like Hikari.

"I've been thinking about this and I want you to say that I really love you,'' he said.

"So that's why he wants her back."

"Also, I know that you also love me, since you came to get me in London," he continued. "Please, can you stop hiding from me? I know that there is no point and that you should come back to the S.A."

"I'm sorry," I instantly said.

He then looked at me confusedly.

"What did you say?" he asked.

"I said that I don't want to," I said as politely as possible.

He then stood straight up and walked towards me. I suddenly felt uncomfortable, since his face was extremely close to mine.

"But… But…," I said nervously.

"If you don't want to go back to the S.A.," he said. "I might just have to kiss you to make you remember the good times!"

He held my head still, while I tried to get away. I was squirming while he held me still. His head was getting closer and closer, until his face was a centimetre away from mine.

"Stop it!" I yelled as I forcefully pushed his arm away and ran as far away as I can.

"So this is the real Kei!"

I ran through the hallways and found a room. I then heard footsteps coming this way. I thought it was one of their guards. My first instinct was to hide in this room, so I entered and closed the door.

I looked inside. There was nobody there. It was so dark that I can't see where I'm going. I then felt a light switch and turned on one of the lights. I then found a bed and decided to hide here. I then went on the bed, closed my eyes and went to sleep.

The next day

Hikaru's POV

It was lunchtime. We had just gotten out of class. After eating our lunch, Kaoru and I went to the music room to start hosting, only to see a big poster that read, "Sorry. Host Club Activities are Cancelled Today." Kaoru and I had a puzzled look on our faces and walked in and found Tamaki and Kyoya. Kyoya was on his laptop while Tamaki was muttering something repeatedly.

"Where are they?" Tamaki repeated out loud while walking around in circles.

He had a detective-like look on his face while his hand was resting on his chin. He appeared to be deep in thought.

"Boss, what's wrong?" Kaoru and I asked simultaneously.

"I haven't seen Hikari and Haruhi around today," he said. "I'm really worried about it!"

"You're right, boss," Kaoru said. "I haven't seen them in class either."

Suddenly, Tamaki appeared to have realized what happened to them and started bawling like a little girl who had her candy stolen.

"I… I think I know what happened to my daughter!" Tamaki sobbed. "She was kidnapped!"

"You don't really think they were kidnapped, right?" Kaoru suddenly interrupted.

"Remember the last time you thought Haruhi went missing?" I said referring to the time when Haruhi took a part time job at Misuzu's pension. "I think they both are sick and are staying home."

Tamaki then went over to a corner and crouched, moping about Hikari and Haruhi.

"That may be the case, Hikaru," Kyoya replied nonchalantly, "but something seems off since Honey and Mori are missing too."

"Now that you mention it, yesterday, Honey and Mori went to Haruhi's house with Hikari in order to think of a plan or something like that," Kaoru added.

"Whatever," I said, uninterested. "I'm still sure that…"

"We've got to rescue them!" Tamaki shouted so loud that nobody heard the sentence I just said.

"No!" I said suddenly while he quickly went back to the corner and mope.

I looked at him, wondering what went in his mind to think that they were kidnapped. All of a sudden, Tamaki looked at me with those infamous puppy dog eyes that can get anyone to do what he wants just by looking at them.

"Those won't help no matter how hard you try," I told him.

He then looked at me a bit more and more. I was starting to get annoyed, but one last look made me change my mind.

"Fine," I said reluctantly. "I'll help you rescue them."

Tamaki then stood up and jumped for joy like an idiot.

Hikari's POV

I was still in the same room with Honey and Mori. Honey and Mori were watching T.V. while I was wondering what happened to Haruhi and what did Takishima do to her.

Suddenly, the door unlocked as the same maid as before and one of the nicer guards I knew prior to this entire madness came in. The maid gave us tea and a tray of cookies while the guard sat down beside me.

"Hello, Haruhi," the guard said. "…or should I say Hikari…"

I nearly choked on the cookie I ate after hearing what he said. Honey and Mori were silent as their eyes widened.

"What makes you think that?" I asked the guard, not bothering to act all surprised.

"Well, Master Kei was wondering which one out of the two similar looking people is you," he said. "But he based his guess on eye colour and thought your eyes were brown. That led him to think that you're Haruhi. I always knew your eyes weren't brown."

"Really?" I asked. "After all this time, he gets something like my eye colour wrong. I've known him for years, so he should at least know my eye colour."

"Anyways, Hikari," he whispered in my ear. "I know something you're not going to believe."

"What is it?" I whispered to him.

"He tried to kiss Haruhi, thinking it was you," he whispered back.

My mind flooded with illustrations of Takishima trying to kiss Haruhi. I couldn't stand the thoughts, but I still couldn't get them out of my head.

"Anyways," the guard said standing up. "I'm going to go. If you want anything, try to contact me."

"Wait!" I yelled. "Don't tell anyone, okay?"

He gave me a thumbs up and left the room with the maid.

"Did Takishima really try to kiss Haruhi, thinking it was me? Does he love me that much? I kind of feel bad for leaving, but I don't want to face him now that we're in this situation."

I then went to the door to check if it was still locked. Fortunately, it was unlocked. I opened it and saw a guard different from the one that left walking through the halls. I looked through the halls and walked around, making sure the guard doesn't see me.

As soon as I stepped out, a guard quickly spotted me. This prompted me to run through the halls and away from the room. I heard the sound of the room being locked. Then, I found a flight of stairs and ran to the upper floor. Suddenly, someone announced through the megaphone that "Haruhi" escaped. I then panicked as I heard a bunch of guards running through a nearby hall.

"Crap! At this rate, I'll be caught in no time!"

I then ran into the nearest room I could see and locked the door immediately. I then fell to the ground panting heavily.

"That was close! I wonder what Honey and Mori are doing. Are they okay?"

I looked around the room. There was a desk, a side table, some pictures and a small bed. I then noticed a strange lump on the bed. I pulled up the blanket and found Haruhi. She appeared to be taking a nap. I then noticed an extra pillow and blanket. It was placed there as if another person uses this room.

"Long time, no see, stupid girl," I suddenly heard someone say.

"Wait a minute. I've heard that voice somewhere, but where?"

I turned around and realized that that voice belonged to Mini-Takishima or Sui, Takishima's younger brother who looks almost like him.

"Welcome to my room," he said to me with a smirk on his face. "You're Hikari, disguised as Rei Yamaguchi, right?"