Takashi Morinozuka and Mitsukuni Haninozuka were both front line fighters in the resistance, they were not afraid and they were prepared to fight as much as they could. Currently they were twenty two years old. Their brothers: Satoshi and Yasuchika were both nineteen years old and both had put behind their arguments and disagreements in order to help and support each other through the war.
Currently Takashi and Mitsukuni were inside the Haninozuka home with their younger brothers. They too had been ordered and sentenced to house arrest but they knew they would face punishment anyway so they were deciding how they would escape and continue to fight back. The four were sat in a sort of circle, sat on their knees.
"Alright," Hunny started as he looked straight ahead into his younger brother's eyes. "Takashi and I will take the half at the front. Chika and Satoshi, you two will take the back half. Any problems retreat to us. Got it?" The two younger ones gave him a deep bow and Takashi simply nodded his head. "All right then, let's go!"
The four got up and went to the front door, Takashi nodded at Hunny and together they smashed the front windows- alerting the guards at once. At that moment when a guard charged at the two older boys Satoshi and Chika rushed to the back to fight off the rest. The guards came in, swinging their weapons around and yelling out threats but the two men just lashed out with ferocious techniques.
"Takashi," Said Mitsukuni in a low and dangerous voice. "You know what to do!" Takashi nodded and picked up two guards and spun them around while Hunny jumped over the heads of the guards and took many down with his own skills in which he improvised. One guard grabbed Takashi from behind but acting on instinct, Takashi grabbed their arms and threw the man over his head and into the throng of other guards. Hunny jumped over more heads and landed beside Takashi. "Do you think Chika-chan and Satoshi-chan will be ok?"
"They'll be fine, don't worry." He replied as he threw a punch at a man who had attempted to seize his cousin in a surprise attack. Most of the men had fallen but more seemed to come from nowhere. Three men were rushing towards them at full speed but suddenly a pair of knives flew through the air and pinned the three too the wall. The older boys turned to see their younger siblings had joined them.
"Nice use of the shuriken, Yasuchika." Satoshi said cheerfully as he beamed at his cousin. Chika did not smile at his cousin but instead he walked over to examine his work.
"Let's get out of here," Said Takashi as he pointed at the- now broken- door. "Satoshi, come on." He grabbed his brother's shoulder and pushed him outside. Hunny did likewise with Chika; however, because of size Hunny pushed his brother's back rather than shoulders.
Takashi, Mitsukuni, Satoshi and Chika ran through the streets, ignoring the fact that they could hear people calling out for them to stop and go home. They had to reach the resistance and help them, however, before that could happen, they heard movement behind them and so they whirled around.
Guards from the Ohtori family had surrounded them and a limo pulled up, Kyoya stepped out and looked at them all before nodding to Seizaburo, who stepped forward and approached the Haninozuka's and the Morinozuka's.
"Haninozuka and Morinozuka heirs Takashi, Mitsukuni, Satoshi and Yasuchika. As punishment for your rebellious attitude you shall all serve as slaves of the Ohtori family. If you should not accept this you and your family will be under government arrest." The two families exchanged glances with each other but none of them lost their will to fight and defend. No-one responded but rather all caught Kyoya's eye, said man stepped forward towards the two families.
"Hunny, Mori…" Said Kyoya as he looked his friends in the eyes. Takashi merely stared at him with a mask of indifference while Hunny kept his angered expression on a man who had once been his friend. Satoshi and Yasuchika were nervously watching the guards who seemed to move closer. The parents of both families had been taken into custody days before the agreement between Kyoya and his father had been confirmed. Kyoya looked very sincere as he approached his friends, he looked as though he was carefully battling on which words he could use which would not anger Takashi, Mitsukuni or their siblings. "Come back with us, it'll be better for everyone."
"It'll be better for you, you mean." Said Hunny flatly but still viciously, he looked up at Kyoya through his bangs and let his demon side take over his anger. "Our relatives are locked away and now you want us to come and be your servants, do you honestly think our pride has stooped so low?" It was very unlike Hunny to be this cruel and angry but circumstances had changed. As far as he was concerned, Kyoya and his family had betrayed those who they considered friends. Too treat them now as servants is purely a strong sign of enormous disrespect.
Kyoya looked at Hunny as though seeing him for the first time, regret and bitter self-hatred filled his being as he remembered the fun loving but loyal friend he always had in Hunny. He dared a glance at Takashi but he was not reassured by the impassive face which stared back at him. The younger siblings- Yasuchika and Satoshi- were glaring daggers also at Kyoya, deep down he knew he deserved it but he tried his hardest not to show this.
"If you don't come then you will all be arrested. Come with us and we'll make sure that doesn't happen." Kyoya tried again, making quite sure that it didn't sound as though he was begging them. His voice stayed calm the way it always had, even back at Ouran.
"It'll be just the same!" Burst Yasuchika as he shouldered past Satoshi and stood beside Hunny, his eyes alight with the fire of hatred. "Being your servants and being arrested will just be the same, no freedom and lowering to our family's dignity and respect. We won't go down without a fight!" Satoshi came up from behind and nudged Chika back a little and whispered.
"Don't over do it, Chika, we still need to think of a way out." Unlike how things used to run, Chika refused to argue with his cousin in such a time as this. Kyoya walked a little closer and ordered his police to stand back for a few moments so he could privately address his friends.
"Listen to me, I can't control what my father is doing but I can keep you somewhere safe and make sure you are treated with as much respect as I can get my family to provide. However, the only way I can do this is if you agree to come with us, calling you servants is all that appealed to my father." He looked at each of their faces and saw that Hunny's face started to lose its sharp edge. He was clearly trusting Kyoya just like he used to.
"Everyone else. Hika-chan, Kao-chan, Tama-chan and Haru-chan. What about them?" Kyoya breathed in a deep breath.
"We haven't gone to see Tamaki just yet and the twins have organised for Haruhi to go to England while this whole mess is happening. Father didn't see her as a threat so he let the Fujioka's go."
"What about Hikaru and Kaoru?" Asked Takashi, speaking for the first time since Kyoya had seen him in years.
"They're already at our headquarters. Their sister and father are in safe custody away from this madness." Everyone from the Haninozuka and Morinozuka family sighed, they had all heard about what had happened to the mother of the Hitachiin family and that only made them more sympathetic for the twins, who constantly had to look after their young sister without telling her what happened to their mother.
"We can't go, we're in charge of the resistance," Said Chika, sounding depressed, since he and Satoshi had first joined their first year at Ouran high the twins had been surprisingly very kind to them. They couldn't let them stay there all alone when they had been the ones to lose the most in this war- as far as they knew.
"But Hika-chan and Kao-chan are our friends. We can't let them go through this alone," Said Hunny quietly. Kyoya was very sympathetic and angry with himself for making his friends feel like this and putting them through this. Satoshi looked up at Kyoya.
"Do you promise that you'll keep our family safe and you will not hurt or lock them away?" Kyoya looked at him; Satoshi was about a foot shorter than him now. Kyoya nodded his head without uttering a single word.
"Kyoya," Said Takashi in a deadpan tone, Kyoya averted his eyes to him, not sure what to expect. "What do you intend to do, are you going to put an end to this war?" Kyoya stared at him for a few minutes before quietly supplying his answer.
"Yes, but I cannot make it so obvious as to take over the resistance but I will do all I can. I hate seeing all this happen just as much as you do." Takashi nodded his approval and gently patted Kyoya's shoulder. At the contact members of the secret police rushed forward, expecting an attack but Kyoya stopped them by holding up his hand.
"We'll do what you ask," Said Hunny quietly so as not to be overheard. "But if we do, try not to get any more members of the resistance under your command, they are our only chance. Do you understand, Kyo-chan?"
"I understand. Do we have a deal, will you come?"
"We will!" Satoshi, Chika, Hunny and Takashi all responded at the same time, they stood in a line and followed Kyoya back to the limbo.
"Like with the Hitachiin's, they ride with me." He told the police and sat down in the back of the limbo, watching as his friends climbed in. Chika and Takashi sat side by side and Hunny and Satoshi sat beside Kyoya.
"Tell us about the twins," Said Takashi suddenly after a moments silence. Everyone looked at him, confused about the random demand. "How are they since you found them, are they in good health?" Kyoya didn't respond for a while but eventually he did.
"Yes. They are both very well but I believe recent events have damaged their spirits. You will all be staying with them in the bedroom provided." Everyone nodded. Hunny seemed to be wiping a tear from his eye. "Hunny… I'm very disappointed with how things have ended up, I didn't mean all of this to happen."
"I know you didn't, Kyoya, I just feel so bad for Hika-chan and Kao-chan." At this the small area was plunged into an awkward silence filled with silent agreements. Kyoya lowered his head slightly when he suddenly felt a hand touch the top of his head, he glanced over the brim of his glasses and saw it was Takashi, who had leaned forward.
"Don't blame yourself, you did all you could." This was true, Kyoya had tried so much to help his friends but he hadn't been informed of the Hitachiin's mother's illness so he could not have offered any help. When he found out it was far too late. Kyoya digested the words Takashi had said and tried to accept them but somehow he just couldn't.
Eventually they had all arrived inside the Ohtori's secret base and the secret police took it upon themselves to help Kyoya escort his friends towards the bedroom of which they would be staying with the twins. Kyoya turned towards the guards and addressed them.
"I would like to talk to them privately, tell father that the Haninozuka's and Morinozuka's are here." The guards nodded and left immediately, however, one remained behind. Kyoya raises his eyebrows at him. "Is there a problem?"
"Master, Kyoya, the Morinozuka's and Haninozuka's are very dangerous people, I do not think it best if you escorted them without-" Kyoya held up a hand to silence him and cut him off.
"I am sure you are well aware that I have the up most respect for these families and trust them completely enough to escort them like this. Do you think it wise to disagree with me on this?" The guard looked rather nervous, he spoke stiffly.
"Not at all, sir." He then nodded and followed the other guards away. Kyoya turned to lead the rest of the way to the room and muttered the occasional. "Troublesome" or "Disrespectful". Kyoya opened a gray door that revealed an empty room with three bunk beds.
"Where are Hika-chan and Kao-chan?" Asked Hunny as he walked into the room and observed the covers on one bunk bed were untidy so the twins had definitely been there. Kyoya frowned and walked into the room, his friends following behind him.
"They should be here; perhaps one of my brothers has ordered them to do something." Kyoya wondered out loud, he noticed there was a suitcase filled with the twin's clothes- which had been brought from their home. As Kyoya said this everyone heard two groans and people talking echoing through the corridor, followed by Akito's voice.
"Come now, it isn't that heavy, you call yourselves men?" His voice was cruel and cold, Kyoya pushed past his friends and into the corridor, the other four followed after him. The twins were struggling down the corridor with a single bed- which would have been easy to carry had Akito not been sitting on it to pester and mock them the further they walked. "Ah, little brother," Akito said as he saw Kyoya's surprised and slightly angry face. Akito climbed off the bed and kicked the back of Hikaru's knee- as he was in front- and said twin lurched forward and fell onto his left knee.
"Hikaru!" Burst Kaoru as he let go of his end of the bed and knelt by his twin, helping him stand. Kyoya stalked up to meet his brother halfway.
"Akito, with all due respect, what is going on here?" Akito smiled a wicked smile.
"As you can see I am merely requesting our servants to transport a single bed to the servant's quarters for when you eventually bring that Suoh boy here. Speaking of which," He turned back to the twins "I didn't tell you to stop, now keep moving!" The twins sighed and picked up the bed, walking forward past the brothers. Takashi walked up to them and before anyone had the chance to object he picked up the single bed and led the way back into the bedroom and laid it in the corner. The twins walked back outside to meet Akito without a word to the others. "Good, that's our little servants." He sneered and sent the twins back to their room.
"I don't appreciate you bullying them simply because they work for us!" Kyoya fumed at his brother. "They have had to sacrifice themselves by coming here just to make sure their father and sister are safe!"
"Is this pity I see, Kyoya?" Akito wondered out loud. "Pity does not make you a leader, it makes you a fool." With that Kyoya stalked away from his brother and walked into the bedroom and closed the door. The twins were both sat down on Kaoru's bottom bunk. Hunny sat next to them, Chika and Satoshi sat- crossed legged- on the ground and Takashi knelt by Hikaru's side.
"I apologize," Said Kyoya as he walked up to them. Hikaru and Kaoru looked up and shrugged their shoulders as if it was already forgotten.
"It's good to see you both again," Said Hunny as he patted Kaoru's arm. "Just a shame we're meeting like this." Everyone nodded their agreement and Hikaru looked at Takashi.
"Thank you for helping with the bed, Mori-Senpai." Takashi nodded his head and patted Hikaru's knee in a friendly way.
"Are you hurt?" Asked Chika from his place on the floor. Both twins shook their heads. "Just tired?" This time they both nodded.
"You should all get some sleep; it has been a very long day. Again I apologize." Hikaru climbed up to his top bunk in silence and Kaoru rested under the covers on his own bed. Takashi took the bottom bunk nearby and Hunny took the top. Chika also got the top bunk while Satoshi settled for the bottom. The door closed as Kyoya left and the room was plunged into an eerie darkness.
Kyoya sighed and leaned against the door for a few moments before straightening himself up and making his way to his manor. Once there he pulled out his laptop and searched the name of a person he had not seen in a while. A family he absolutely did not want to split up, not after all the trouble it took to get them together. He searched for Tamaki Suoh. Tamaki had done very well over the years, his mother was on happily leaving at home with Tamaki and his father, the grandmother also was welcomed to live at the main Suoh mansion and had been able to converse with Tamaki's mother. Kyoya felt the guilt already bashing in his heart as he closed the laptop, knowing full well that tomorrow he would have to break up the Suoh family once again.