Meeting the Host Club

Chapter 10: Escaping the Takishima Household

Hikari's POV

"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?"

I looked at him strangely. He had a huge smirk on his face. I just stood there unwilling to answer while woke up.

"How could a mini-Takishima know who I am when the real Takishima thinks I'm Haruhi? Also, how did he find out?"

"Well, are you going to answer me, stupid girl?" he said impatiently. "I don't have all day. Do I have to tell him that you're Hikari?"

"Damnit! Is he trying to blackmail me! Well, I might as well tell him."

"Hey!" he yelled. "Guess who's in my…"

I quickly took my hand and put it over his mouth in order to get him to shut up. At this rate, my cover's going to be blown.

Suddenly, he forced my hand out of his mouth, causing me to panic, since he just might tell Takishima. He then walked over to me and grabbed my collar and pulled me down. I was actually nervous about him revealing my secret for me. He then spoke.

"You know what, stupid girl? I always knew it was you, but big brother kept on telling me otherwise," he said.

"Well…" I said. 'Are… are you going to… to tell Takishima?"

He then stared at me for a minute. He had the same huge smirk on his face and appeared to be deep I thought. After a brief moment, he finally answered.

"Well," he said. "I won't tell, just because I think he's going overboard with finding you. Also, my dad and I will help you and your friends escape."

All of a sudden, Haruhi walked towards me and took me to the corner of the room. I was wondering why I was dragged over there, but it seemed that she wanted to talk to me privately.

"Hikari," she said. "Do you think we should trust him? I mean, I wouldn't trust someone who addresses me as 'stupid girl.'"

She did have a good point, there. I wouldn't see why I would trust someone related to Takishima, other than his dad. However, I still had this feeling that I should go along with it.

"I think we should trust him," I said to Haruhi. "He's the only help we have to save Honey and Mori."

"Yeah," she said sarcastically. "I don't think they need much help."

"Why?" I asked confusedly.

"Well, I think you underestimated Honey," Haruhi explained. "Honey's really good at martial arts, despite his size and cuteness. You wouldn't really think he's in high school at first glance."

Haruhi then took out her cellphone, since we heard a vibration in her pocket. She then noticed that Mori texted her. She then showed us the message after reading it herself.

To: Haruhi Fujioka

From: Takashi Morinozuka

We've escaped the house. Going to contact host Club. We'll be back soon. Hang in there.

All of a sudden, Sui pointed out the window and saw them running away. Haruhi and I rushed up there and saw them. Suddenly, a huge amount of guards were running outside. Haruhi and I quickly ducked.

"You'll have to escape tomorrow," he said with a bit of urgency in his voice. "It's too risky to stay here. I'll think of a plan, but for now, I'll just go and sneak some dinner into this room. You should hide for now, okay?"

Haruhi and I both nodded in agreement as he left to go to the kitchen. When he came back, he brought a tray of food he stole from the kitchen and snuck all the way here. He held two elegant looking bento boxes and handed both of them to us. While we were eating, we began to discuss our escape plan.

"I was thinking that I could be used as a distraction," he said. "While I do that, both of you run away. How's that?"

"Can you explain it in more detail, please?" I asked.

"I'll only explain this once," he explained as he opened the door and pointed to a room about ten metres from here. "Do you see that bathroom?"

"Yes," Haruhi and I said.

"Good," he explained. "Haruhi will run to the bathroom while I chase her, causing a lot of commotion. Before the guards notice me, Haruhi will stealthily go inside and hide until the guards run past the bathroom. My dad will be in there to assist Haruhi. Meanwhile, Hikari will run as soon as she enters the bathroom.

"Hikari," he continued. "If you leave too soon or too late, a guard will find you. You'll also hide in the bathroom until I come to get you and open the door. When I say go, you'll run away as fast as possible and beat the crap out of any guards that follow you. Be careful when running down the stairs though. Does everyone understand now?"

"I think I understand," I said. "But what if I get caught?"

"In the case where you get caught, Hikari," he said. "Haruhi will try to get big brother to stop, since he thinks she's Hikari. Is that clear?"

"Yes," we said.

Hikaru's POV

"Have any of you found their location yet?" Tamaki asked with tears with his eyes.

"Nope," we all said.

"Why do I have to do this anyway? If only I didn't give into those puppy dog eyes!"

"Kyoya!" Tamaki cried. "You're good at all this research, so you must have something by now, right?"

"No," he calmly said. "I would've found it by now, but I just keep on getting distracted by your idiotic crying."

"What!" Tamaki cried. "It's not my fault right and why are you so calm about this!"

"Geez! He can be the biggest idiot in the world at times!"

"Hey, guys!" Kaoru, who was the designated lookout, said as he bolted straight into the music room. "Guess who I found!"

"Who?" we all asked at the same time. Tamaki was really eager to hear this.

At that moment, Mori and Honey walked inside. Tamaki's eyes widened as this can be a lead in his case. Mori was panting heavily while Honey ran to eat some cake.

"What happened to you?" Kyoya said. "You were absent for a while along with Honey, Hikari and Haruhi."

"We were kidnapped!" Honey cheerfully said causing everyone except Kyoya and Mori to gasp.

"I don't think now's the time to act all cheerful. You've got to remember that Haruhi and Hikari's still there."

"Oh yeah!" Honey said realizing the tone he said in saying that. He turned around and noticed Tamaki sitting in the corner bawling his eyes out.

"What's wrong?" Honey asked cutely.

"I was right," he moped. "I was right all along. They were kidnapped."

"I can't believe it! He was right!"

The mood of the room changed dramatically. Before, it was filled with us being forced to find their location to Tamaki sulking in a corner. We started to feel bad for doubting him which might've delayed their rescue since we weren't trying. Kyoya was still looking at his laptop while Honey was cheerfully eating cake. Suddenly, Mori broke the silence.

"Anyways," he said. "I know the exact location of where Haruhi and HIkari are being held."

This automatically changed the atmosphere of the music room. Tamaki… no… we all wanted to hear this new piece of information.

"Where is it?" Tamaki eagerly said.

"They're being held at Kei Takishima's house!" Honey cheerfully said while shoveling another piece of cake into his mouth.

"How could he be so cheerful in this situation?" Kaoru whispered to me with a sense of curiosity in his voice.

"Maybe he didn't eat cake in his house and he's cheerful now that he has cake," I answered.

"Anyways, I'm going to contact Akira, Tadashi, Jun, Megumi and Ryuu since I'm sure they know Hikari's secret by now," Kyoya said grabbing his cellphone.

After what seemed to be ten minutes, Kyoya announced that they will meet at Kei's house after school. Then, the class bell rang, making us go to our classes.

Haruhi's POV

We woke up in Sui's room, getting ready to escape this house. It was going to be hard, since guards were walking around the hallways, since Hikari escaped her room. I looked at the calendar. It made me think on how much school I missed.

I then felt a vibration in my pocket. I took out my cellphone, since it was most likely a text. I noticed it was from Tamaki. I then read it.

To: Haruhi Fujioka

From: Tamaki Suoh

Don't worry! Daddy's here! We're going to be outside since Hikari told us about your escape plan. We hope you get out.

I smiled and place my cellphone back inside my pocket. I then noticed Sui, who hid a bunch of food in his pockets from the kitchen to bring back to us. He handed me a rice ball, which was wrapped in some sort of plastic while he took the other one and threw it at Hikari's face, since she was sleeping.

"What was that for!" Hikari said as she woke up with bits of rice all over her face.

"Rise and shine, stupid girl!" Sui said jokingly.

I just couldn't help but laugh at Hikari. She looked really funny all covered in rice. I handed her a towel to wipe the rice off her face so that she can eat what remains of her rice ball.

"Eat quickly," Sui said. "We're going to start the escape at nine."

After eating, we got ourselves mentally prepared to escape. We looked so nervous, since we wanted to sneak out without the guards knowing.

Afterwards, Sui retold us the plan. He then took my arm and opened the door. He looked around the hallways and ran really quick. I tried to keep up, but I almost tripped and fell, due to the speed and the fact that I wasn't as mentally prepared as I thought. As soon as we were reaching the bathroom, the guard saw Sui. Sui let me go and I ran straight for the bathroom. I went there, twisted the doorknob and ran in, noticing a small man who looks like he was younger than Kei.

"Excuse me," I asked confusedly. "Are you the father of Sui and Kei?"

He looked at me, which made me think whether the question I just asked was really stupid, I suddenly got an answer.

"Yes, I am," he said. "But that's not as important right now. You're Haruhi right?"

"Yes," I answered.

"Well, I'm going to bring you outside and tell the guards to let you out for some fresh air," he said. "They'd probably let you out since as Kei's father, I have more authority over him. Also, they think you're Hikari, so they would listen to you since Hikari has been friends with Kei for so long. Once you're outside, make a run for it."

"I understand," I said.

He took me out of the bathroom and came with me. A guard noticed us and asked Kei's father why he let "Hikari" out of her room. After a few minutes of negotiation, as guard escorted me out of the house and into the courtyard. There, I ran as fast as I can away from the house.

"Hey!" the guard yelled as he tried to chase me, but stopped after realizing I was too far from him.

I turned around the corner and noticed the host club, the S.A. and Sui, who probably went there during my escape. I was panting heavily while Tamaki came and hugged me.

"Don't worry," he said. "Daddy's here."

I then turned to Sui, I noticed a bit of anxiousness in his face. I let go of Tamaki and walked towards him.

"Haruhi," Sui said worriedly. "Hikari ran too late! She was caught!"

It took a moment to register what he said into my mind.

"What!" I said. "What happened?"

"I think she forgot to run and when she realized, she tried to make a run for it." Sui said. "Normally, she would be able to beat the crap out of the guards, but she was caught by…"

Everyone's eyes widened as they realized who caught her. We then ran back to the property and stopped by the fountain. We saw two figures at the door. We weren't able to identify who the two people were, but Akira realized it right away.

"Kei, you demon!" Akira yelled. "Don't you dare hurt her!"

After she yelled, we realized that the two people were Hikari and Kei.

We walked closer and saw that Kei had his arm around Hikari's neck. She was still able to breathe, but she looked really uncomfortable. Kei had an angry look on his face, while Hikari uncomfortably tried to stand.

"Stop it!" she tried to scream, but he put his hand over her mouth.

Kei put his face uncomfortably close to Hikari, who he thought was me, and said, "This is what happens when you try to escape."