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Japanese Vacation

Chapter 14

Preparations

The next day, all the Hogwarts students were at the school early. When their fellow students got to class they were met by a very strange sight.

In 1-A, Draco Malfoy sat in his desk, head in his arms and clearly asleep. On the other side of the room, Harry Potter was in much the same position, except Hermione Granger had taken Hikaru's seat and was currently sleeping with her head on his shoulder.

In 2-A both twins were also fast asleep, looking very similar to Draco.

Haruhi walked in seeing the others and looked confused for a moment. Walking over she tapped Hermione on the shoulder, carefully waking her up. "Granger-chan? Are you ok?"

Hermione blinked several times as she looked up at Haruhi. "Fujioka-san," she said, voice still sleep laden. "Um." A hand raised to rub one of her eyes. "Yeah. We were just up late last night."

Just then, Harry seemed to whimper, and Hermione turned and laid a hand on his shoulder.

"And even when we tried, none of us were able to sleep, except Harry, but I don't think any of us envy him that."

Haruhi patted Hermione's shoulder. "Well Hikaru-kun and Kaoru-kun should be here soon, you might want to move." She smiled then went over to her seat next to Draco, trying not to bother him.

Hermione bit her lip a moment, but then gently shook Harry awake. He startled up. "'Mione?" he asked, voice hoarse.

"Everyone will be here soon, Harry," she said softly.

Harry nodded as one of his hands raised to rub his eyes while the other reached for his glasses. "Thanks."

Hermione just smiled at him, moving back to her desk. Snape hadn't arrived the night before, and they'd waited up until about three in the morning before separating for bed. None of them had been asleep for more than an hour before screams had woken them up. Hermione's eyes grew worried as she watched Harry. They had been Harry's, and nothing they did could wake him up.

Finally, around 6, he had shot awake, shaking and terrified. Even as she watched him now, she could see small tremors run over him occasionally. It was almost as if he had been hit with the Cruciatus. But that was impossible, wasn't it?

Soon Hikaru and Kaoru where walking into the classroom. Both had dark circles under their eyes, and Kaoru was looking even worse for wear compared to his brother. They sat in their seats, not even looking up at the others. In their minds, it would be easier for the others if they simply stayed out of their business until things went over.

--

Haruhi set out her things quietly, not wanting to wake Draco up until lunch. I'll just make sure to take good notes so that if he still needs them he won't miss anything today. She smiled down at the sleeping blond as her thoughts continued.

--2-A--

Tamaki came into the class room just as spirited as ever and went to sit down. But as he passed the Weasley twins' desks, he leaned down, hearing their soft snores. "Ne, Weasley-kuns….hey," He shook George's shoulder apprehensively. "Ne, wake up…" His voice was soft as if he were waking up a child, or a very close friend.

Kyouya walked in, or more dragged himself in, and set his things on his desk. He watched as Tamaki attempted to wake the two red-haired boys.

George let out a loud groan. "Not now, 'Kasan(1)," he muttered, closing his eyes tighter.

Tamaki rose an eyebrow. "Ne, I am not Oka-san, I am Otou-san…" He place his hands on his hips before leaning back over and shaking George's and Fred's shoulders at the same time. "Wake up, class is starting soon."

Kyouya simply shook his head and sat in his desk. Flipping open his laptop, he saw the file that had started the mess that led to them to losing three hosts the day before, and perhaps for longer. Quickly he went over and deleted the file, things were going to be hard and he didn't want to make them any worse then they already were. He had to explain to Hunni and Mori what had happened and even they were upset with him. Mori actually began to speak, for once, and Hunni wasn't the sweetest of people when he was angry. Kyouya rubbed his temples after a moment.

At this rate we might have to disband the Host Club until we can things situated.

It was Fred that woke first. "Nani?" he grumbled, looking more the worse for wear, and not looking happy.

Tamaki looked down at Fred. "Class will be starting soon, it would be best if you were awake, only because you're in the front." Tamaki whispered kindly and smiled at Fred. Then he turned and pointed at George. "Do you think you could wake up your brother?"

Fred turned to George, a smirk forming on his lips. Without a word, he leaned over and whispered something in his twin's ear. Only to jerk back a moment later as George shot up.

"They aren't mine!"

Tamaki jumped back startled. "Oh my…" He smiled at Fred, then waved. "Ohayo gozaimasu(2), Weasley-kun." He then stood up straight and waved to them as he went to sit in his desk; just in time for the bell to ring, signaling the beginning of class.

Fred nodded back once, turning his attention back to his glaring twin.

"I'm gonna get you," George threatened.

"Sure, sure,"

--1-A--

Hermione stared down at her desk blearily. You'd think, she thought, that after all those late nights I'd be more accustomed to this.

She glanced up at Harry when a soft groan reached her ears, and saw him rubbing his scar. That was never a good thing, but . . . You-Know-Who couldn't be here, could he?

Harry, for his part, was only experiencing a mild ache in his scar; much too mild to be induced by a proximity to Voldemort, perhaps it was leftovers from last night?

Hikaru looked over at Harry; he opened his mouth as if he were going to say something and then stopped. The two twins had not slept well the night before; knowing that things were going to be different was hard for them. All they wanted to do was to continue to talk and laugh with their new friends, not to mention they had fun playing around with Harry-neko.

Kaoru looked around at Hermione and then turned back around; his shoulders hunched, almost like a dog who had been admonished by its master. He yawned a bit before taking out his school supplies and waiting for the bell to ring and class to start.

Both Harry and Hermione jumped when the bell rang. Harry, because he hadn't been expecting it to be that soon, and Hermione because she had been in the process of falling asleep once more.

Forcing her eyes wide, she glanced around, freezing once her eyes landed on the twins. They didn't look good. In fact, if she was to venture a guess, she'd say that they looked as bad as they did.

--

Soon the bell rang for the second time that day and it was time to eat. Haruhi turned and gently placed a hand on Draco's arm. "Malfoy-kun, it's time to eat…." She waited to see if there was any response.

Draco blinked blearily. "Haruhi-chan?" he asked, voice still heavy with sleep.

--

Hikaru and Kaoru simply pulled out their lunches and began to eat slowly, until Kaoru pushed his back unable to eat much more even after only a few bites of rice.

Despite Hermione's noticing of the twin's state, it was Harry that laid a hand on Kaoru's shoulder. "Kaoru-kun?" he asked, worried, forgetting about any sort of formality in his worry of a friend.

They might be supposed to be avoiding them, but if there was one thing Harry had never been able to do, it was leave his friends in pain.

Kaoru looked up at Harry and simply gave him a small smile. "Oh hello Potter-san, how are you today?"

Hikaru continued to pick at his food. "Don't worry, Potter-san, we're just not as hungry as we normally are."

--

Haruhi only smiled down at the sleepy boy. "Hai, it's lunch time; you slept through the first half of class." Lightly she moved a bit of his hair so that she could see his face better, not really noticing her action herself.

Draco inhaled sharply. "Half the class?" he asked, voice filled with amazement. Why hadn't anybody woken him?

Haruhi nodded and handed him the extensive notes she had taken for him. "Here. I took these so that you wouldn't miss anything. I didn't want to wake you." She smiled and pulled out her bento, setting it down along with two sets of chopsticks.

Draco smiled ruefully, though it still held traces of sleep. "This seems to becoming a regular occurrence."

--

Harry eyed the twins worriedly, making to say something. Sighing, he closed his mouth sharply. He nodded once and turned his chair to face Hermione. Both of them shared a worried glance, before Harry slumped down in his chair.

"Harry?" Hermione asked.

He shook his head. "I don't know how much longer I can do this," he whispered.

"It's only another day, Harry. Snape-sensei should be back by tonight."

Kaoru got up and walked over to his twin, pulling a chair close. When he sat down, he leaned over, letting Hikaru wrap an arm around him. For once their actions were not for attention. They sat quietly, until Kaoru began to stifle a small sniff.

Unnoticed by the three sets of twins, Suoh-sensei entered the room. That is, it remained unnoticed until the teacher called out, "Potter-san."

Harry, Hermione, and Draco all glanced up to see the Dean standing there.

"You're wanted, Potter-san.

With a sinking feeling, Harry stood and made his way to the front of the class. Hermione and Draco shared dread-filled looks.

--

Haruhi smiled at Draco only to look up at Suoh-sensei who was standing before the class. Not very often did the Dean himself come down to retrieve a student, something must have been happening.

Haruhi looked at Draco then back down to the bento box and opened it. She had arranged a special with a wide array of different foods for Draco to try if he wanted to. Picking up her set of chopsticks she began to eat pushing the other set towards Draco.

Draco, turning away from the door where Potter had disappeared, smiled at her and took the chopsticks.

--

Hikaru looked up to watch what was happening while Kaoru barely inclined his head to watch.

The two simply stayed where they were, too tired to move, too upset to eat or sleep. Hikaru let out a long, drawn out sigh before whispering to his brother.

"How much you wanna bet they all are going to have to leave?"

"This isn't a betting matter Hikaru."

"I was just saying…"

"I don't want to talk about it right now though." Kaoru snuggled closer to his brother hiding his eyes.

--

Both Harry and the Dean were silent until they reached his office. "Have a seat, Potter-san,"

Harry nodded, taking the seat indicated.

"You are not in trouble," Suoh said, causing Harry to relax significantly. "However." He tensed again. "A . . . flaming bird, brought this, and it was addressed to you." He held out an envelope.

Harry blinked, but took it. Seeing that it was, indeed, addressed to him, Harry carefully opened it.

:Harry

No doubt you are wondering where your professor is. We have run into some problems. He is currently in a coma, and we are not sure when he will awaken. We are unable to send a replacement chaperone at this time, as we do not have one available, nor do we want to let Voldemort know that Severus was the only protection you have in Japan.

Please tell Mr. Suoh, that he will not be returning for the foreseeable future, and to take care of you in that time. Also, I am placing you in charge of dealing with the problems that have arisen. I am sure you will find a suitable solution to everything before it gets too out of control.

My best wishes

Albus Dumbledore.:

Harry swallowed heavily, lowering the letter to his lap. "I-it seems, Suoh-san, that our chaperone will be unable to return for awhile. Headmaster Dumbledore has asked that you . . . take care of us until he does so."

Suoh nodded once. "Of course, Potter-san. Was there anything else?"

"No sir, nothing important."

He nodded agian. "Than you had best return to class, Potter-san. I will take care of everything."

Harry stood, bowed, and hurried out of the room.

--

Draco glanced up from where he was eating silently with Haruhi when Harry re-entered the classroom. He had a note clenched in his hand. They locked eyes before Harry went to Hermione.

"I'll be right back, Fujioka-chan," Draco said, standing and making his own way over.

Haruhi simply nodded knowing that what ever it was, was between them.

Harry had already pulled up another chair for Draco by the time he got to them.

"What's wrong?" Draco asked, voice hushed.

"Snape's injured," Harry said. "He's not going to be back for awhile."

"So who are they sending?" Hermione asked.

"No one. They don't want Voldemort to know that there was only one chapterone here."

"Wait, so we're on our own?" Draco demanded.

Harry nodded. "Seems that way."

"What else, Harry?"

Harry swallowed. "He's put me in charge. He wants me to deal with the problem."

"Wait," Draco said. "We're staying?"

Harry nodded. "Seems that way."

"And . . . we're not in trouble?"

"I don't think Dumbledore told anyone about it . . . I don't think he knows how far they've gotten. Remember, Snape left before Ohtori found out."

They nodded.

"But we're staying?"

"For now."

--

Hikaru over heard part of the conversation, all he heard was that they were staying and he tightened his grip on his brothers' shoulders, there was an audible sniff that came from Kaoru.

--

Haruhi looked up at the twins and knew that they were upset and she felt bad for them.

--

The three of them shared a glance.

"So what are we going to do?" Hermione asked.

Harry was silent a moment, and, for once so was Draco, waiting to see what the other would do.

"Can you send messages with that thing?" Harry asked, talking about the galleon.

Hermione blinked. "I don't know, I can try. Why?"

Harry leaned forward. "We need to meet. All of us. Tell the twins to tell Ohtori that we'll meet them after their club is over."

Hermione nodded, frowning, and dug into her bag to pull out the galleon. After a little bit of fiddling around, she glanced back up. "It might take them a moment or two to figure it out, but it's there."

Harry nodded.

"This it?" Draco asked.

"For now. We'll talk later."

Draco nodded, returning to his seat. "We're not leaving," he said softly.

--2-A--

Fred and George stared at their galleons for several minutes before George seemed to brighten. "They want to meet the Hosts after they're done," George whispered, sounding very pleased with himself.

Fred frowned at his galleon for a few more minutes before conceding that George was right. With a sigh, and hoping that Harry knew what he was doing, he pulled out a sheet of paper and quickly wrote that they would be meeting the host in their room after their club. It was not particularly polite, nor did it even sound like a request. Once he was finished, Fred stood and made his way over to where Kyouya and Tamaki sat. He paused a moment to place the paper on Kyouya's desk, then spun on his heel and went back to his seat.

Kyouya read over the note and frowned. He whispered something to Tamaki and then shooed him off in the Weasley twin's direction. Tamaki shrunk down away from Kyouya but, still concerned, he walked to the twins.

"Ano…Weasley-sans? Kyouya-kun wanted me to tell you that there will be no club today. With the twins and Haruhi-chan not wanting to participate, and Hunni-sempai and Mori-sempai being upset with Kyouya-kun they aren't going to be there either, so he's disbanding the clubs activities for a while." Tamaki took a deep breath almost thinking he was going to get yelled at.

The twins frowned, and then shared a glance. "You know how to get that thing to work, George?" Fred asked.

George blinked, glancing down at the galleon, then began to fiddle with it.

"Might want to sit down," Fred said.

--1-A--

Hermione jumped when the galleon in her hand warmed. She spent several minutes staring at it.

"Harry," she said. "It seems the club's been canceled for today."

"They all need to be there."

Hermione nodded, fiddling with it again.

--2-A--

George looked up. "Can you get everybody there anyway?" he asked.

Tamaki sat down and then jumped hearing Georges voice. "Hai, it shouldn't be too hard as long as I'm asking and not Kyouya-kun." He stood and walked over to Kyouya who glared at him for a moment then snapped at him to sit down. It was obvious that Kyouya was not in the best of moods. Tamaki gave a quick nod and smile to the twins.

George fiddled with the galleon, telling them that it was all set, and that they had better have a good reason for doing this.

Tamaki got out his phone and sent the group a text.

:Every1 meet in the Host Club room no club only a meeting:

He sent the text and then looked at Kyouya.

"Ok Kyouya-kun, its sen-."

"Shut up Tamaki-kun. Just don't talk to me." Kyouya snapped at the blond who only retracted in his seat and sighed.

--1-A--

"It's all set," Hermione murmured. "Now, what are you planning?"

Harry blinked. "Who said I had a plan?"

"Harry!"

Harry shrugged. "We're going about this all wrong, Hermione. It was okay, when we thought that Snape was coming back, but he's not. We've got to deal with this now. And it's only going to get worse the longer we try to ignore it."

"So,"

"So, you do have your wand?"

"Harry, we can't curse them!"

The look that Harry gave her was so insulted, it was almost comical. "I wasn't planning to! We need to transfigure things."

"Oh."

--

Three separate phones all had the same ringer go off. Hikaru grabbed his phone and read the text.

"Mi'Lord wants us all to meet in the Host room for a meeting." He said out loud to Kaoru after setting the phone back down and shutting off his brother's.

"I don't want to see Ohtori-sempai…."

"I know." Hikaru turned and looked at Haruhi for a moment.

--

Haruhi looked at her phone and sighed, This better be worth it. She glared at her phone for a moment but then felt bad. After all it was Kyouya-sempai she was mad at, not Tamaki-sempai.

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Aku-Hitokiri-Kitsune: wow...so tired and can't think of anything to say... looks at comp screen Ok well I'm gonna let Alla do most of this one too cause I have nothing to say...plus I wanna watch HP:OotP!!

Allanasha Ke Kiri: Alright, so, people have been asking about pairings. Who do we plan on pairing with Harry and Draco, specifically, since they were not in the poll. Well, here's your answers, along with everyone else.

Pairings:

Nekozawa/Hermione

Harry/Hi-twins

Draco/Haruhi

Tamaki/Kyouya

Hope this helps everyone! Don't forget to review!!