Meeting the Host Club

Chapter 11: Meeting the Host Club and…

Hikari's POV

After Sui ran off with Haruhi, I waited for her to enter the bathroom. While I was waiting, I felt a soft vibration in my pocket, I took the cellphone Megumi gave me out and looked at the text and read it.

To: Rei Yamaguchi

From: Ryuu Tsuji

We're outside the house and waiting for your arrival. See ya.

I then felt another vibration from my cellphone. I looked at my phone and realized it was a text… from Haruhi… and at that moment, I realized that I was late. The first think I could think of at the moment was run and hope from the best, so I did. Suddenly, I felt a hard tug from my collar. I realized that someone grabbed it and stopped. I turned around and noticed Takishima glaring at me.

"Where are you going?" Kei asked sinisterly. "Tell me, Haruhi…"

That was just a few minutes ago. Takishima's arm was around my neck as he dragged me down the stairs and outside, where the others were. I tried to get his arm off me, but he tightened his grip to the point where I could barely breathe. I decided to stop trying to get his arm off my neck and accepted the fact that I was caught.

"Well, Haruhi…" he asked me. "Would you like to tell me where the others are?"

"He still thinks I'm Haruhi! I thought he was smart enough to know that?"

"I… I don't know, K… Kei," I tried to say, while trying to sound like Haruhi.

I heard the faint sound of a large group running closer. I wasn't able to identify the group, as I was gasping for air, since Takishima had his arm around my neck. He wasn't strangling me, but it was hard enough that I have to gasp for air.

"Stop it… please…" I asked him.

He looked at me as if I was some lowlife and stared into my eyes.

"You brought this upon yourself, Haruhi," he said coldly. "If you didn't lure Hikari, none of this would've happened."

I suddenly heard Akira screaming, "Kei, you demon! Don't you dare hurt her!"

I felt nice that some of my friends in the S.A. forgave me for running away from them. I was glad that they were still looking out for me, but Takishima's taking this too far. Even though he thinks I'm Haruhi, that's no way to treat a person.

"Stop it!" I screamed until I realized that Takishima suddenly put his hand over my mouth. I tried to scream in protest, but the sounds coming out of my mouth were muffled.

I tried kicking my way out of his grasp, but that had just made this situation worse. He tightened his arm around my neck so hard that I started choking. At that point, I was trying to gasp some air. Takishima kept his arm tightly around my neck, despite the screams of the others.

All of a sudden, from the corner of my eye, I saw Akira and Tadashi running over here to get Takishima off me. They were trying to pull him away, but he jerked his arm back, making them fall. Takishima then pulled my hair, causing me to scream.

"Stop it!" I tried to scream through his hand.

I tried kicking him, but all my kicks missed him. I also tried forcing my way out of his grasp. That only resulted in me trying to get some air into my system. After a while, I gave up, as I was almost out of breath.

"Stop it!" someone shrieked causing Takishima to let go.

I fell down and breathed as hard as I can. I looked around to see where the sound came from. Once I searched the crowd, I was shocked. The person who screamed was Haruhi. I then remembered that Takishima thinks she's me. I turned over to Takishima, who just stood there looking at her.

"And why do you want me to do that?" he asked her coldly.

I stood up walked towards him.

"Don't you know that lowlife did?" he asked Haruhi as he pointed to me. "Miss Number Tw…"

I got my hand and slapped him across the face, as hard as I can. That caused him to fall down. There was a distinct red hand mark on his cheek. He put his hand there and looked at me with the same cold eyes he always had.

"What right do you have to do that, Haruhi?" Takishima asked me.

"What right do I have!" I yelled furious. "It's none of your business!"

Takishima yelled back, "What do you mean it's none of my…"

I slapped him again across the face. I did it much harder than last time though. It caused an even redder mark on his face to appear.

"You know what! I've had it!" I yelled as loud as I can. "When I met you, I thought you were nice behind that cold look in your eyes, but now, I can't stand you. You're cruel, hurtful and… YOU"RE JUST TOO MUCH! I HATE YOU!"

I turned around and ran out of the property as fast as I can. I pushed the S.A and the host club out of the way and looked at Haruhi, who was simply shocked. I ran away crying, since I loved him before all of this happened, but now, I don't know what to do. It's just too much to handle.

I ran across the street, ignoring the many cars. I could hear the honking of horns, the screaming of drivers and everyone yelling, "HARUHI!"

"Wait a minute… Everyone yelling, 'HARUHI!'?"

I turned around and saw the host club and the S.A., who stopped just before the street.

"Why is everyone following me?"

They were yelling something about cars, but I wasn't able to completely understand what he said. That's when I saw a huge car coming towards me from the corner of my eye. The car looked like it could fit a lot of people. The car happened to be a long, black limousine. It had a shiny, silver car ornament on the hood.

I didn't realize that I was right in the middle of the road. The car tried to stop, hence the loud screeching noise, but it was too late. I was hit before it came to a halt. All I could do was scream. The car pushed into the air really hard and I fell on my head as soon as I hit the ground. All I could see at the time were the concerned faces of the others from afar and all I could hear was their screams, especially Haruhi's, until I blacked out.

I was in what seems to be an endless hallway. The floor was as white as snow while the windows were as clear as glass. I walked through the hallway and looked into each window. I realized that the windows showed all the moments since the day I left Hakusen. I looked into each and every one of the windows.

"Takishima!" I said. "You're going down!"

"Why am I feeling this way? Is it because Takishima always beats me?"

"I just can't do this! I can't attend Hakusen anymore! Takishima beating me is all I think about!"

"I don't want to attend Hakusen anymore!"I said. " I… I… I want to attend Ouran Academy!"

"Then it's settled!" my mother said. "I will contact Tadashi's mother to cancel your registration at Hakusen Private School!"

"So I hear that you're going to Ouran Academy," said my dad.

"Is there something wrong?" I asked.

"No!" said my dad. "It's a good school! But, why do you have a wig in your hand?"

"I registered at Ouran as a boy!" I replied.

"Why didn't you tell me this!" Akira sobbed. "Why are you leaving!"

"Akira," I said.

"Why!" she yelled. "Why are you doing this to me!"

"Please don't cry!" I said as my eyes filled up with tears.

"Are you going to leave S.A.?" she said. "Please tell me why!"

"So I've heard that you are leaving," Tadashi said solemnly. "I hope you have fun."

"Akira, Tadashi," I said. "Promise me that you won't tell the others until after I leave."

"We promise," said both of them in unison.

"What is the meaning of this!" yelled Ryuu.

"Why are you doing this to us!" yelled Jun.

Megumi crumpled up a piece of paper and threw it at me. I caught it and read the note. It read, "Goodbye, Hikari!"

As the doors closed and the train moved, Takishima ran beside the train as I watched him.

"Hikari! Hikari!" he yelled.

Haruhi walked up to me and shook my hand.

"Welcome!" she said in a bright tone. "We'll be going to school tomorrow!"

Kei's POV

"It's bad enough that I had to get slapped twice, but Haruhi told me off in front of Hikari! This is bad!"

After she ran, I watched the others following her. I decided to follow them. While following them, I noticed that they stopped near the road. All of a sudden, I heard them scream worriedly. I went over to them, wondering what was happening. Then, they ran to the middle of the street while I followed. That's when I noticed that Haruhi was on the ground. She appeared to be hit by a limousine.

When she was hit by the limousine, the chauffeur and the person inside came out to help her. The person inside was wearing a Red's Diner uniform. He probably worked there. He had an unkempt hairstyle which was brown and had purplish eyes. I then realized that the person was Yahiro, who was in his disguise.

"Are you okay!" Yahiro asked worriedly. His face looked rather worried than cold.

Hikari ran over to Haruhi to check if she was okay. I looked at Haruhi and noticed that she was unconscious. The others crowded around her while the chauffeur dialed the emergency number on his phone. I also noticed that passersby crowded them, wondering what was going on.

"What happened?" I asked them.

"What happened, you ask?" Hikari yelled at me, causing me to listen. "You're the one who caused this. If it wasn't for your cruelty, this would never have happened!"

This caused me to step back and absorb what she said into my mind.

"Does Hikari hate me?"

All of a sudden, I heard the sound of a siren getting louder. I then saw an ambulance coming here to pick her up, since she's hurt in the accident. As soon as they put her on the gurney, they placed her in the ambulance and rushed her into the hospital. We found a taxi and demanded the driver to take us to the hospital.

As soon as we arrived at the hospital, the paramedics came and pushed the gurney through the hallway. An employee of the hospital came towards us with a clipboard in her hand.

"Excuse me," said the employee. "What is the name of the accident victim? I think you forgot to tell us."

"I know her name," I said. "Her name's…"

"Don't listen to him!" demanded Akira.

"What the heck, Akira?"

After I was rudely interrupted, I decided to speak again.

I said, "Her name's Haruhi…."

"Her name's Hikari Hanazono," said Hikari.

"How is that possible? She's Hikari unless…"

I stood there shocked. I realized that I mixed up the two people. I suddenly remembered that she didn't have brown eyes. They did look similar however, so I shouldn't blame myself. Anybody could make that mistake.

However, I realized that I caused that much pain to my Hikari earlier today. I made her hate me, I hurt her and now, I think I might've killed her.

"What kind of person am I?"

The employee left us alone while Akira walked towards me and began to speak.

"You just had to do that, you idiot!" Akira said with tears in her eyes. She then pushed me away and said, "You don't deserve to see her, you demon!"

I couldn't help but admit that she was completely right. I don't deserve to see her. However, I hope that she's alive. After a few seconds of thought, I immediately decided that I want to tell her that even though she saw me like this, I still love her. I knew that this wouldn't last and it would be over once I stepped into the room.

After a few excruciating hours, I finally heard the footsteps of one of the nurses. I was wondering if they were going to tell us something about what happened earlier. The nurse came to us and started to speak.

"Excuse me," she asked, causing the others to pay attention. "Are you the friends of Miss Hikari Hanazono?"

"Yes," we all said simultaneously. I was really eager about what she had to say. I wanted to know whether she would be alright.

"Miss Hanazono woke up earlier and I was told to tell you that you can visit her," the nurse said.

"Thank you," we all said with relieved. I was glad that she was okay. Then the nurse spoke again.

"However, there's one thing you should know," she said apologetically.

"What is it?" I asked worriedly.

All of us were really eager to hear her answer. Did something happen? Is she alright? All these questions popped into my head.

"It seems that when she hit her head on the road, she might've lost a few memories," she said apologetically. "I want to say sorry on behalf of the hospital."

We then rushed into her room and opened the door. We wanted to see if she really lost her memories. As soon as we opened the door, the host club entered first and we followed.

Akira rushed in and hugged her. Hikari returned it. Akira was relieved that Hikari remembered her, but I'm still curious about what she forgot.

"Hikari," I immediately asked. "Do you… Do you remember who Rei Yamaguchi is?"

I got a lot of glares from the people inside, both from the host club and the S.A. I think they were glaring at me because they wanted to know why I was still there. After all, I caused this.

"Excuse me, Takishima," she asked with the same tone in her voice she always used when addressing me. However, it sounded slightly more timid. She spoke again. "Would you mind telling me who Rei Yamaguchi is?"

Everyone was shocked at the question she asked. The host club, excluding Haruhi, walked towards her bed worriedly. If she didn't remember who Rei Yamaguachi is, there is a chance that she forgot the host club too. Upon noticing them, Hikari began to speak.

"Also, I don't think I know any of you," she said timidly towards the host club. "Who are you?"

That caused them to stop at their places, leaving them quite shocked. Even Kyoya and Mori appeared shocked and worried. Even though I expected this, I still wonder what will happen.